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Full UFC 238 Card: Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes

The UFC returns with a new event this weekend with their UFC 238 pay-per-view (PPV) card. The UFC 238 event is set to take place on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The main card will air on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN […]

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The UFC returns with a new event this weekend with their UFC 238 pay-per-view (PPV) card.

The UFC 238 event is set to take place on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The main card will air on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+, at 6:15 p.m. ET.

UFC 238 Card

Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes in a bantamweight title bout will serve as the main event. In the co-headliner, Valentina Shevchenko defends her flyweight title against Jessica Eye. Rounding out the five-bout main card is Donald Cerrone vs. Tony Ferguson in a lightweight bout, Petr Yan vs. Jimmie Rivera at bantamweight, and Tai Tuivasa vs. Blagoi Ivanov in a heavyweight tilt.

UFC 238 Card

Main Card (10 PM ET, PPV)

  • Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes ** for vacant bantamweight title**
  • Women’s flyweight: (C) Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Eye
  • Lightweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Tony Ferguson
  • Bantamweight: Petr Yan vs. Jimmie Rivera
  • Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa vs. Blagoi Ivanov

Preliminary Card (8 PM ET, ESPN)

  • Women’s strawweight: Tatiana Suarez vs. Nina Ansaroff
  • Bantamweight: Aljamain Sterling vs. Pedro Munhoz
  • Women’s strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Alexa Grasso
  • Featherweight: Ricardo Lamas vs. Calvin Kattar

Preliminary Card (6:15 PM ET, ESPN+)

  • Women’s strawweight: Angela Hill vs. Xiaonan Yan
  • Middleweight: Bevon Lewis vs. Darren Stewart
  • Women’s flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs. Joanne Calderwood

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Tatiana Suarez: I Don’t Need to Know a Champion to Be A Champion

The featured preliminary bout for UFC 238 will see undefeated juggernaut Tatiana Suarez take on Nina Ansaroff in a contest that is widely expected to bear the next woman in line to challenge for the strawweight championship. Suarez will be putting her …

The featured preliminary bout for UFC 238 will see undefeated juggernaut Tatiana Suarez take on Nina Ansaroff in a contest that is widely expected to bear the next woman in line to challenge for the strawweight championship. Suarez will be putting her perfect 7-0 record on the line and based on the monstrous odds in […]

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Henry Cejudo Knows Marlon Moraes Can Knock Him Out

Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes have taken part in some trash talk ahead of their UFC 238 main event, but that is almost to be expected in the modern mixed martial arts climate. But don’t let the back-and-forth witnessed at the UFC 238 press conference …

Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes have taken part in some trash talk ahead of their UFC 238 main event, but that is almost to be expected in the modern mixed martial arts climate. But don’t let the back-and-forth witnessed at the UFC 238 press conference confuse you, there is respect between the two combatants….or at […]

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Pedro Munhoz Hits Back At Aljamain Sterling For Drug Test Remarks

UFC bantamweight contender Pedro Munhoz was not pleased at all with Aljamain Sterling’s recent drug test comments. Munhoz and Sterling will collide in a pivotal match-up at UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago, and things are certainly personal. In April, Sterling tweeted that he hoped the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) would test Munhoz properly […]

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UFC bantamweight contender Pedro Munhoz was not pleased at all with Aljamain Sterling’s recent drug test comments.

Munhoz and Sterling will collide in a pivotal match-up at UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago, and things are certainly personal. In April, Sterling tweeted that he hoped the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) would test Munhoz properly ahead of their fight:

Munhoz notably had his 2014 win over Jerrod Sanders overturned after testing positive for unusual levels of testosterone. However, the Brazilian claims it was in his system unknowingly. Add in the fact that he has been tested regularly since, and Munhoz feels Sterling is just looking for pre-fight excuses:

“(Sterling) says something that’s not a fact,” Munhoz told theScore. “It was before USADA. We have the chain of custody when it happened. It was a long battle that went back and forth.

“Since then, I’ve been tested 25 times. Samples were for blood, EPO, things like that. I think he’s just giving excuses for the beating he’s going to get on June 8, I don’t like that kind of stuff, you want to promote the fight, yeah go ahead. … after he said (the comments) it was literally week a week later, I got mail from USADA saying I was 25 times tested. I was like ‘Here, you’re a f—ing scumbag. So like, what are you talking about?’”

Munhoz Confident In All Aspects

A win for either competitor would make it four wins in a row. The winner will also likely challenge the new bantamweight champion. Munhoz, for one, is confident no matter where the fight goes:

“I know he’s gonna just be running and try to grapple me, avoiding the fight, because, you know, he’s scared. It’s a bad fight for him, you know,” Munhoz added. “He’s gonna try to wrestle me, great, so I’m gonna take your head out. You’re gonna do jiu-jitsu on me, great. You’re gonna stand with me, you know, I’m gonna knock you out.”

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Henry Cejudo Warns Marlon Moraes: You Better ‘Sleep Or Tap Me Out’

Despite some animosity, Henry Cejudo respects Marlon Moraes, but had a warning for him as their title fight approaches. The two will challenge for the vacant bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago. Having already gone back-and-forth during the UFC seasonal press conference in April, Moraes recently heated things […]

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Despite some animosity, Henry Cejudo respects Marlon Moraes, but had a warning for him as their title fight approaches.

The two will challenge for the vacant bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago. Having already gone back-and-forth during the UFC seasonal press conference in April, Moraes recently heated things up by claiming Cejudo’s win over TJ Dillashaw was a fluke. He also added that Cejudo was a good match-up for his style.

Regardless of those comments, Cejudo still respects Moraes and his ability as a fighter:

“I respect him,” Cejudo said at a media lunch (via MMA Junkie). “I really do, I respect Marlon, even though he doesn’t think very fondly of me – I respect him as a fighter.”

Cejudo’s Warning

“The Messenger” still expects to come away with the win, however. Even with the threat of getting finished by a fighter with three first-round finishes in his last three fights, Cejudo believes he will find a way to beat his UFC 238 foe:

“I know he has the ability to knock me out,” Cejudo explained. “I’m in that game, and I accept that. I accept there’s a 50 percent chance I may win. I may lose, especially against a competitor like that.

“But I’m going out there with the most intelligent mind. He’s never faced a competitor like me – not a fighter, a competitor. I will find a way to beat you. So you better put me to sleep or tap me out, but I will find a way to beat you.”

A win for Cejudo would make him just the fourth simultaneous two-weight champion in the UFC. Add in his Olympic gold medal in wrestling and wins over Demetrious Johnson and Dillashaw, and the 32-year-old believes he will cement himself further as the greatest fighter of all time:

“Find the greatest comeback athlete of all time – I believe that’s me,” Cejudo added. “And I believe fighting for this second belt, I’m going to cement it even more.”

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UFC 238 Embedded Episode 1

UFC 238 is less than a week away and the first episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, flyweight champion Henry Cejudo pushes through five hard rounds to prepare for his bantamweight title fight. Bantamweight title contender Marlon Moraes trains alongside former UFC champions Frankie Edgar and Eddie Alvarez. […]

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UFC 238 is less than a week away and the first episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.

In the episode, flyweight champion Henry Cejudo pushes through five hard rounds to prepare for his bantamweight title fight. Bantamweight title contender Marlon Moraes trains alongside former UFC champions Frankie Edgar and Eddie Alvarez.

Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko works out in the fifth city of her globe-spanning training for UFC 238, as opponent Jessica Eye finishes her first ever Las Vegas-based camp. Cejudo recovers in a cryotherapy tank and a hypobaric conditioning pod, as Moraes spends time at home with his son.

Watch UFC 238 Embedded Episode 1

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