UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 staff picks and predictions Apr 23, 2021, 5:00pm EDT
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The Bloody Elbow team has made its predictions for UFC 261 and we are all in agreement that Kamaru Usman will maintain his welterweight title over Jorge Masvidal in the main event. It’s a different story in the co-main, with opinion split and only slightly in Zhang Weili’s favor to defend her strawweight belt vs. Rose Namajunas. David Castillo is going bold and picking Jessica Andrade to unseat Valentina Shevchenko as women’s flyweight champion.
UFC 261 Preview: Three Title Fights In Front Of A Full Crowd
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UFC 261 will take place tomorrow night in Jacksonville, and will be one of the first major sporting events with a full crowd in attendance. Tickets went on sale and quickly sold out the entire arena, VyStar Veteran s Memorial Arena in Jacksonville holds over 15,000 for a UFC card, and even with concerns over the pandemic, they sold it out in no time at all. Everybody s talking about, they re first, they re first – they re not first,
Dana White said when tickets went on sale. We re first. Nobody s going to do it like we re going to do it. They re talking outdoor arenas, most of them probably won t sell out, social distancing, all that stuff. We re selling out an arena, packed, record-breaking, and I m going to go everywhere that people want to do that.
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Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal headline a stacked card at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday as the sport holds its first event in front of a crowd with no capacity limit.
Usman will look to defend his UFC welterweight title in the rematch against Masvidal, whom he defeated by unanimous decision at UFC 251 last year.
For once, however, the bout could be overshadowed by the size of the crowd, which is set to command the lion s share of attention. Almost exactly a year on since shutting its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, UFC 261 will be the first event hosted in front of a crowd with no capacity limit since UFC 248 in March last year.
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