By Josh Lynnes
LAS VEGAS, NV – UFC International Fight Week has returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas featuring a UFC 276 card on Saturday stacked with top contenders, fight legends, and surging contenders. Headlined by a middleweight title fight main event that pits champion Israel Adesanya against top challenger Jared Cannonier and in the co-main event featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski looks to defend his title against former champion Max Holloway as they clash for a third time.
Adesanya looks to defend his middleweight title for the fifth time as he takes on Cannonier at UFC 276. Adesanya is coming off a 5 round unanimous decision over former champ Robert Whittaker in Houston in February. Cannonier cemented his spot as the next challenger for the belt at the same card in Houston when he dusted Derek Brunson in the second round.
Volkanovski and Holloway return to the cage for a third time in as the champ tries to defend his title for the second time against the man from which he took the belt. Fresh off a fourth round TKO over The Korean Zombie, Volkanovski rides a 21-fight win streak including 11 straight since signing with the UFC. Holloway is coming off a 5-round drubbing of Yair Rodriguez back in November.
Surging middleweight Sean Strickland looks to keep things on track as he welcomes Alex Pereira to the top on the division.
Perennial fan favorite Robbie Lawler returns to action against former Dakota Fighting Championship fighter Bryan Barberena at welterweight.
Kicking off the main event is a battle of top 15 bantamweights as fan favorite Sean O’Malley looks to continue rising through the rankings against Pedro Munhoz.
Fighting on the prelims Brad Tavares takes on Dricus Du Plessis at middleweight. Ian Garry takes on Gabe Green in a welterweight tilt. UFC veterans Donald Cerrone and Jim Miller face off at welterweight in a rematch 8 years in the making. Brad Riddell and Jalin Turner kick off the prelims at lightweight.
Early prelims include:
Middleweight – Uriah Hall vs. André Muniz
Women’s Flyweight – Jessica Eye vs. Maycee Barber
Women’s Bantamweight – Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Julija Stoliarenko
Early prelims start at 5:00PM CDT on UFC Fight Pass, ESPN, and ESPN+. Action then shifts to ABC, ESPN, and ESPN+ at 7:00PM followed by the pay-per-view main card at 9:00PM on ESPN+ PPV.
