Preview: UFC on ESPN 54 ‘Blanchfield vs. Fiorot’

The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the first time in some six years and it will do so with a decent card at Boardwalk Hall. Local flavor and some high stakes highlight the main event, as New Jersey native Erin Blanchfield faces Manon Fiorot in a battle that should give the winner next dibs on a women’s flyweight title shot once Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko complete their trilogy. Beyond that, two veterans aim to prove they still have something left in the tank: Vicente Luque looks to get back to his violent ways against Joaquin Buckley in a potentially action-packed welterweight affair, and former middleweight champion Chris Weidman seeks a much-needed win against Bruno Silva. Meanwhile, a featherweight clash between Bill Algeo and a suddenly improved Kyle Nelson does stand out as perhaps the most exciting of the bunch.

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