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Ovince St. Preux will make his first foray into the heavyweight division at UFC Fight Night 171, where he will square off against Ben Rothwell in Wednesday’s co-headliner.
It wasn’t necessarily a planned move. The coronavirus pandemic cost the former University of Tennessee football player two light heavyweight opponents — Shamil Gamzatov and Misha Cirkunov — for a now-canceled April 25 event, so jumping up a weight class turned out to be the best available option.