Face Off! ‘Thug Rose’ Stares Down Andrade In Rio

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 237 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, set to take place this Sat. night (May 11, 2019) inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fe…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 237 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, set to take place this Sat. night (May 11, 2019) inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featuring a strawweight title fight between reigning 115-pound champion, Rose Namajunas, and top division contender, Jessica Andrade.

As part of the traditional pre-fight festivities, select participants from this weekend’s extravaganza gathered on Thursday for the combat sports media, where they promoted what is sure to be a slam-bang night of fights, which also includes the middleweight showdown between Anderson Silva and Jared Cannonier, as well as the featherweight pairing that pits Jose Aldo opposite Alexander Volkanovski.

Watch them come face-to-face at the UFC 237 media day above.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 237 fight card on fight night (click here), starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:15 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET, before the ESPN+ PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.

To see the entire UFC 237 fight card and line up click here.