UFC Fight Night is back on the road and makes its first stop in Columbus, Ohio, where top heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus collide in the main event on Saturday night (Sunday morning SA time), writes Quintin van Jaarsveld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breaking out after being boxed in at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas since the start of the pandemic, the world\u2019s pre-eminent mixed martial arts promotion\u2019s Fight Night roadshow finally restarts with a stacked card at the Nationwide Arena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The co-headliner is one of two pivotal flyweight bouts with highly-ranked contenders Joanne Wood and Alexa Grasso going toe-to-toe. The other will likely determine the next title challenger as the undefeated Askar Askarov faces Kai Kara-France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plus, hometown hero and Octagon legend Matt Brown battles Bryan Barberena in what\u2019s set to be a welterweight war, Ilir Latifi and Aleksei Oleinik bring extra heavyweight heat and lightweight strikers Viacheslav Borshchev and Marc Diakiese duke it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n