Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special pre-fight press conference today for the upcoming UFC Vegas 18: “Overeem vs. Volkov” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Feb. 6, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fighters scheduled for attendance include:
Alistair Overeem, No. 5 UFC heavyweight
Alexander Volkov, No. 6 UFC heavyweight
Cory Sandhagen, No. 2 UFC bantamweight
Frankie Edgar, No. 4 UFC bantamweight
Marion Reneau, No. 10 UFC women’s bantamweight
Macy Chiasson, No. 12 UFC women’s bantamweight
Alexandre Pantoja, No. 5 UFC flyweight
Manel Kape, UFC flyweight
Cody Stamann, No. 13 UFC bantamweight
Andre Ewell, UFC bantamweight
Diego Ferreira, No. 10 ranked UFC lightweight
Beneil Dariush, No. 13 ranked UFC lightweight
Michael Johnson, UFC lightweight
Clay Guida, UFC lightweight
The live stream begins at 2 p.m. ET.
Assuming we don’t have any more surprise COVID cancellations, Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov will headline the heavyweight main event. Prior to that titanic tilt, bantamweight veterans Frankie Edgar and Cory Sandhagen collide in 135-pound action.
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