Preview: UFC Fight Night 239 ‘Tuivasa vs. Tybura’

Make way for the UFC 299 hangover, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship follows up that memorable card with back-to-back trips to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The UFC Fight Night 239 headliner on Saturday should be enjoyable, as heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura square off in a fight that should be over quickly and definitively. There is not much in terms of stakes beyond the main event—the lone other ranked bout sees bantamweights Pannie Kianzad and Macy Chiasson run back their 2018 final of “The Ultimate Fighter”—but there are some intriguing prospects to watch. Co-headliners Bryan Battle and Ange Loosa have each impressed during their UFC runs, while featherweight Isaac Dulgarian has looked absolutely electric. From there, the opener between Gerald Meerschaert and Bryan Barberena comes off as a fun bit of matchmaking between two veterans who are usually physically overmatched.

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