Preview: UFC 313 ‘Pereira vs. Ankalaev’

The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday will return to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for UFC 313—a decent pay-per-view bolstered by a particularly interesting main event. Magomed Ankalaev shapes up to be Alex Pereira’s toughest test yet at 205 pounds, and he gets his shot at the light heavyweight champion in the headliner. Beyond that, it’s moving night at lightweight. The co-main event rematch between Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev promises violence, and bouts pitting Jalin Turner against Ignacio Bahamondes and Bobby Green against Mauricio Ruffy have plenty of action potential. Meanwhile, a women’s strawweight clash between former title challenger Amanda Lemos and rising prospect Iasmin Lucindo rounds out the main draw.

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