After almost three years away, Cain Velasques returns to Ultimate and begins his journey to regain the heavyweight belt at UFC Phoenix, this Sunday (17). The North American of Mexican origin will face Francis Ngannou in the main fight of the night. In the co-main event, James Vick will face off against Paul felder by light weights.
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Brazil will be represented at UFC Phoenix by three fighters. On the main card: Member of the Gracie family, Kron will make his debut against Alex Caceres in featherweights. For the welterweights, Vincent Luque face Bryan barberena to try to reach the top 15 in the category. On the preliminary card: the former bantamweight champion, Renan Barao wants to recover from the bad phase the franchise is going through and wants victory over Luke sanders.
Before the fights take place, 24 fighters will step on the scale to confirm their weight and do the famous face-offs. The official weigh-in will take place on Saturday at 21pm (Brasília time).
UFC Phoenix fight schedule
Main Card
Heavyweight: Francis Ngannou x Cain Velasquez
Lightweight: James Vick x Paul felder
Strawweight: Cortney Casey x Cynthia calvillo
Feather weight: kron gracie x Alex Caceres
Welterweight Weight: Bryan barberena x Vincent Luque
Featherweight: Myles Jury x André Fili
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight: Jimmie rivera x aljamain sterling
Bantamweight: Benito Lopez vs. Manny Bermudez
Fly weight: Andrea Lee x Ashlee Evans-Smith
Lightweight: scott holtzmann x Nik lentz
Straw weight: Jessica penne x Jodie Esquibel
Bantamweight: Renan Barao x Luke sanders
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