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Fight Island Live Blog: Updates and Analysis from UFC 251

PREVIEW -- 9:35 PM ET

Throughout his 17-year career, Jorge Masvidal has never been looked at as among the sport's elite.

That all can change tonight.

Masvidal challenges Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 251. This was originally scheduled to be Usman against teammate Gilbert Burns, but that fight was scrapped after Burns tested positive for COVID-19. Masvidal took the fight with only six days' notice, and he now has put himself in position to become one of the signature faces in all of MMA.

In addition to Masvidal-Usman, UFC 251 features three title fights.