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A top bantamweight contender will emerge Saturday in Las Vegas, and with the addition a high-quality scrap added from UFC 262, the result is fight fans getting to see one of the best-quality free cards of the year.
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UFC 262 predictions: ‘Oliveira vs Chandler’ early ‘Prelims’ undercard preview
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing more “Prelims” fights to ESPN and ESPN+ this weekend (Sat., May 15, 2021) when UFC 262: “Oliveira vs. Chandler” storms Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. MMAmania.com’s Patrick Stumberg kicks off the UFC 262 “Prelims” party with the first installment of a two-part undercard preview series below.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will once again enjoy a jam-packed house at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, this Saturday (May 15, 2021) when surging finisher Charles Oliveira meets former Bellator champion Michael Chandler for the vacant Lightweight title. UFC 262 viewers and attendees will also get to enjoy another terrific Lightweight tilt between Beneil Dariush and Tony Ferguson, as well as Jack Hermansson against Middleweight young gun Edmen Shahbazyan.
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The UFC must have thought long and hard before deciding what fight would be the headlining contest in the promotion’s return to Philadelphia after not holding an event in “The City of Brotherly Love” for nearly eight years. The reputation of Philadelphia sports fans for being difficult to please and quick to voice their displeasure is well documented, so the lightweight fight between all-action contenders Edson Barboza and Justin Gaethje makes perfect sense.
After dropping consecutive fights to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kevin Lee, Barboza righted the ship with a third-round TKO of Dan Hooker in December, punishing the Kiwi fighter throughout the fight until a punch to the body finally proved to be too much for Hooker to withstand. Gaethje also won his last fight via stoppage, but his was a far less prolonged assault, knocking James Vick out cold with one right hand just a minute and a half into the first round. The knockout win over Vick also snapped a two-fight skid for Gaethje