Preview: UFC Fight Night 212 ‘Grasso vs. Araujo’

It's clearly a lower-tier UFC event, but this outing from the Apex should serve as a solid appetizer for the UFC 280 card looming a week later. The main event between Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo may not have that headliner feel, but it's a worthy choice to top this card; it's probably the most important fight on this slate, given that an impressive performance figures to give the winner a shot at flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko. Overall, this is essentially a three-fight card, and the UFC surprisingly actually topped the event with those three fights - the co-main sees beloved vet Cub Swanson make a surprising move down to 135 pounds against Jonathan Martinez, and past that is a tantalizing bout between potential flyweight contenders Askar Askarov and Brandon Royval. If nothing else, the last two bouts filling out the main card should guarantee some violence, so this should be a solid watch.

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