Preview: UFC Des Moines ‘Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo’

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will stay in the Midwest for a second consecutive week, as the company makes its debut in Des Moines, Iowa, with UFC on ESPN 67 this Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena. An important bantamweight battle takes the main event slot, where Corey Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo look to keep themselves in the title picture at 135 pounds. The co-headliner offers plenty of intrigue, too, as much-hyped middleweight prospect Bo Nickal draws his toughest test to date in former two-division ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder. Further down the bill, welterweight veterans Santiago Ponzinibbio and Daniel Rodriguez should engage in an entertaining war, while Montel Jackson squares off with fellow rising bantamweight Daniel Marcos in another interesting affair at 135 pounds. Plus, the unexpected UFC return of Jeremy Stephens provides some local flavor.

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