Bloody Elbow is the place to be for live coverage and post-fight analysis and highlights of UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz on Sunday, January 17th at TD Garden in Boston. The main event is a bantamweight title fight between T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz.
The UFC is back in Beantown for a strong Fox Sports 1 card, headlined by a bantamweight title fight between T.J. Dillashaw and former champ Dominick Cruz. In the co-main, Eddie Alvarez takes on Anthony Pettis in a battle of former lightweight champions in Bellator and the UFC, respectively. Also on the main card is a heavyweight tilt between Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione, as well as lightweights Ross Pearson and Francisco Trinaldo.
As usual, before we get to the fights ahead we have to make sure they’re all on course to make weight. Bloody Elbow has live updates on the UFC Fight Night 81 weigh-ins starting at 4 PM ET/1 PM PT on Saturday, January 16th. Live video of the weigh-ins can be viewed by pressing the play button at the top of the page. We will provide updates here and on the @BloodyElbow Twitter account.
Here’s the bout order for Sunday’s show:
Main Card (10 PM ET, FS1)
T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz
Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis
Travis Browne vs. Matt Mitrione
Ross Pearson vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Preliminary Card (8 PM ET, FS1)
Patrick Cote vs. Ben Saunders
Mehdi Baghdad vs. Chris Wade
Tim Boetsch vs. Ed Herman
Maximo Blanco vs. Luke Sanders
Preliminary Card (6 PM ET, Fight Pass)
Daron Cruickshank vs. Paul Felder
Ilir Latifi vs. Sean O’Connell
Kyle Boschniak vs. Charles Rosa
Rob Font vs. Joey Gomez
Francimar Barroso vs. Elvis Mutapcic