The UFC heads to Las Vegas this Sunday night with an excellent Fight Night offering on Fox Sports 1.
In the main event, rising bantamweights Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt meet in a fantastic matchup with the potential to be one of the best fights of the year. The winner will likely find himself in a top-contender matchup to face the winner of UFC 199’s 135-pound title fight between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber.
The rest of the card is long on entertainment value. The co-main event features former bantamweight champion Renan Barao in his featherweight debut against veteran power-puncher Jeremy Stephens. Rick Story takes on Tarec Saffiedine in a well-matched welterweight bout, while another 170-pound scrap between Lorenz Larkin and Jorge Masvidal looks like a favorite for “fight of the night” honors.
The Fight Pass main event features another bantamweight star on the rise in Aljamain Sterling. He takes on Bryan Caraway in yet another well-matched fight, and if Sterling emerges victorious he will likely face the winner of Almeida-Garbrandt for a shot at the belt.
This is one of the best cards of the year in terms of matchmaking and entertainment value. Let’s take a look at each matchup.