Tonight, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former division champion Daniel Cormier face off for the third time. The heavy fit came to the cover of the UFC 252 card at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Cormier, who held the UFC soft heavyweight title, was a two-time champion when he eliminated Miocic at 4:33 on the first circular of his UFC 226 bout.
The two faced off in August 2019 on the big occasion at UFC 241. Miocic tied the scoring in this contest with a fourth-round knockout win over Cormier.
Cormier said the fight from the trilogy opposite Miocic would mark the end of his MMA career.
In the co-star event, Sean O’Malley, who broke into the UFC bantamweight standings with a knockout victory over Eddie Wineland in June, his unbeaon record in the line against the unclassified Marlon Vera.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos is competing on the main undercard. He faces the mighty Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
UFC 252 takes position tonight at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view card is transmitted in ESPN -pay-per-view after the preliminaries on ESPN and ESPN.
Pay-per-view map
Stipe Miocic (-100) vs. Daniel Cormier (-110)
Sean O’Malley (-255) v Marlon Vera (-235)
Junior dos Santos (-112) v Jairzinho Rozenstruik (-122)
Herbert Burns (-260) against Daniel Pineda
John Dodson (-225) v Merab Dvalishvili (-245)
Preliminary Map (ESPN, ESPN)
Jim Miller (-110) v Vinc Pichel (-120)
Felice Herrig (-260) v Virna Jandiroba (-290)
T.J Brown (-185) against Daniel Chavez (-160)
Ashley Yoder (-137) against Livia Renata Souza (-147)
Early Preliminary Map (ESPN, ESPN)
Chris Daukaus (-100) v Parker Porter (-110)
Kai Kamaka (-215) against Tony Kelley
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