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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC 245 media day event, held in advance of Saturday night’s (Dec. 14, 2019) “Usman vs. Covington” pay-per-view (PPV) on ESPN+, LIVE from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Leading the championship triple header is the five-round welterweight title fight pitting reigning division kingpin, Kamaru Usman, opposite top division contender, Colby Covington. Check out their staredown embedded above.
In the UFC 245 co-main event, featherweight champion, Max Holloway, defends his title against top 145-pound contender, Alexander Volkanovski. In addition, women’s bantamweight titleholder, Amanda Nunes, collides with Germaine de Randamie stage for a second time for all the 135-pound marbles.
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 245 fight card this weekend RIGHT HERE, starting with the Fight Pass/ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:15 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on ESPN 2 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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