The UFC returns to action a week after its epic UFC 205 event with a pair of Fight Night cards on opposite sides of the globe on Saturday.
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, Uriah Hall and Gegard Mousasi clash for a second time in the headliner of a decent event that lost its scheduled main event of Gunnar Nelson vs. Dong Hyun Kim just a few weeks ago. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, Ryan Bader and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira meet in a rematch of their 2010 bout. The former is at least a fun matchup, but the latter is something of a head-scratcher.
The Belfast event isn’t exactly loaded down with name value, but it should still produce a number of fun fights, especially the flyweight scrap between Kyoji Horiguchi and Ali Bagautinov. The Sao Paulo card is much deeper, with a violent bantamweight fight between Thomas Almeida and Albert Morales, a prospect battle featuring Warlley Alves and Kamaru Usman and the return of Claudia Gadelha.
In lieu of fully examining every fight from both events, I’ve picked five fights, including both main events, to examine in depth while giving the other fights shorter previews.
Let’s dig into this weekend’s smorgasbord of UFC action.