Check out the fight card for UFC Fight Night: Ponzinibbio vs. Usman, which goes down on Saturday, May 19th in Santiago, Chile.
The UFC’s entire May schedule is taking place overseas. Sandwiched in between UFC 224 in Brazil (5/12) and UFC Fight Night 130 in England (5/27) is a debut card in Chile on the 19th. In the main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio and Kamaru Usman will face off in an important five-round welterweight battle.
The co-main event marks the return of Mauricio Rua, as he seeks a fourth consecutive win (!!) against recent title challenger Volkan Oezdemir. Yes, Shogun might really come close to a title shot with a win here, if not get one outright. This is 2018.
Here’s the current fight card, with no bout order set beyond the top two fights. FS1 will broadcast the main card:
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Kamaru Usman
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Mauricio Rua
Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
Zak Cummings vs. Michel Prazeres
Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
Angela Lee vs. Veronica Macedo