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X-Factor! Some UFC Vegas 28 main card predictions
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This weekend (Sat., June 5, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 28. Let’s be honest, if not for the rare weekend absent of a UFC event a few days back, fight fans may have turned their noses at Saturday’s offering. It’s far from the best card to take place inside UFC Apex, but nevertheless, there are still fun and interesting fights . if you search for them.
Let’s take a closer look at some main card donnybrooks:
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Rafael Carvalho is set to return to the Bellator cage on less than a week’s notice.
The promotion announced Saturday that the former Bellator middleweight champion will face Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 258. The event takes place this Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. and will air on Showtime. Carvalho steps in for Costello van Steenis, who was forced to withdraw from his scheduled matchup with Larkin.
Carvalho, who parted ways with the promotion in October, returns to action in hopes of getting back to his championship form. The 34-year-old has last four of his last five fights, including dropping the middleweight title to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 200 in May 2018.
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Lorenz Larkin, arguably the No. 1 contender to fight for the Bellator welterweight title, is jumping up to 185 for a short notice matchup.
Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting that Larkin will face Costello Van Steenis at Bellator 258. The event takes place May 7 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and airs on Showtime.
Both fighters also announced the matchup on social media.
After dropping his first two promotional appearances to Douglas Lima and Paul Daley, Larkin has won his last four fights. “Da Monsoon,” who signed as a free agent after going 4-1 over his final five UFC bouts, will make his first appearance since December 2019, when he picked up a dominant decision win over Keita Nakamura at Bellator 237 in Japan.