Preview! ‘Cigano’ Aims To Spoil Ivanov’s Debut

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight titleholder, Junior dos Santos, will headline the UFC Fight Night 133 mixed martial arts (MMA) event tonight (Sat., July 14, 2018) inside CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho.

Opposing him in the FOX Sports 1 headliner is World Series of Fighting (WSOF) import Blagoy Ivanov, who makes his Octagon debut in the wake of his one-off with Professional Fighters League (PFL) last November.

Dos Santos (18-5) has not competed since his technical knockout loss to Stipe Miocic at the UFC 211 pay-per-view (PPV) event in May 2011. The 34 year-old “Cigano” has not won back-to-back fights in over six years.

Ivanov (16-1, 1 NC), meanwhile, has captured four straight, including a technical knockout win over ex-UFC heavyweight Shawn Jordan roughly one year back. “Blaga” is perhaps best known for upsetting Fedor Emelianenko at the 2008 World Sambo Championships, as well as surviving a knife to the heart.

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MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Night 133 fight card TONIGHT (click here), starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” undercard bout at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the FOX Sports 1 “Prelims” undercard bouts at 8 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 10 p.m. ET, also on FOX Sports 1.

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