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UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Rozenstruik vs. Gane is set for this Saturday, February 27, live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All fights will be carried exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish with the main card beginning at 8 p.m. ET and prelims starting at 5 p.m. ET.
The march towards a shot at the heavyweight title continues to heat up as No. 4-ranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik and No. 7-ranked Ciryl Gane meet in a five-round main event at UFC Fight Night. Unbeaten as a professional, French sensation Gane has won four of those bouts in the Octagon, finishing three of his opponents before the final horn. However, Suriname’s Rozenstruik is a feared striker who has scored all five of his UFC victories by knockout with a near-perfect record, including vic
ESPN will attempt to create a bubble for staff, athletes and crew at next month’s Winter X Games at Buttermilk.
That means the network will bring in its own medical staff, testing program and contact tracing capability for the 500 pre-approved people expected to pull off the televised-only, no-spectator event this season, Vanessa Anthes and Danny Chi of ESPN told Pitkin County commissioners Tuesday.
“We will do our own contact tracing,” Anthes said. “And we will work to provide the public health department with all the information we” learn about any positive cases.
Tiffany Greenlee with Pitkin County Public Health confirmed to commissioners that ESPN’s medical staff will work closely with local public health staff on any necessary isolation and quarantine measures. If an X Games athlete tests positive for COVID-19, he or she will be placed in isolation and not allowed to compete, Anthes said.