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The UFC heads to Singapore for UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka tonight. Emanating from the Singapore Indoor Stadium, UFC 275 is scheduled to be main evented by a light heavyweight showdown between current champion Glover Teixeira and the No. 2 ranked contender, Jiri Prochazka. Ahead of the event, the UFC has released the UFC 275 […]

The UFC heads to Singapore for UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka tonight.

Emanating from the Singapore Indoor Stadium, UFC 275 is scheduled to be main evented by a light heavyweight showdown between current champion Glover Teixeira and the No. 2 ranked contender, Jiri Prochazka. Ahead of the event, the UFC has released the UFC 275 cold open to get you, even more, hyped up for today’s event.

With just two wins inside the Octagon, Prochazka will step into the main event for the biggest fight of his career against fan-favorite UFC mainstay Glover Texeira. At 42 years old and 10 years in the UFC, Teixeira climbed to the top of the mountain when he defeated former champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 in October. Now he looks to keep his title when he meets a formidable opponent with serious speed and knockout power.

In the evening’s co-main event, Valentina ‘Bullet’ Shevchenko goes for her seventh straight title defense against flyweight powerhouse Taila Santos. Currently sitting at No. 4 in the UFC’s flyweight rankings, Santos earned four straight wins in the Octagon against notable fighters Molly McCann, Gillian Robertson, Roxanne Modafferi, and Joanne Wood to earn an opportunity to unseat the UFC’s most dominant reigning champion.

Zhang and J?drzejczyk Run Back One of The Greatest Fights of All Time at UFC 275

Also on tap for UFC 275 is the highly anticipated rematch of the greatest women’s fight of all time. In March 2020, Weili Zhang and Joanna J?drzejczyk engaged in a five-round war at UFC 248. More than two years later, the two will run it back, the winner earning an opportunity to face the new strawweight queen, Carla Esparza.

Rounding out the evening’s main card is two big welterweight bouts. Promoted to the main card after Rogerio Bontorin was forced to withdraw from his bout against Manel Kape, Australian Jake Matthews takes on knockout artist Andre Fialho.

Opening up the main card will and making his sophomore appearance in the Octagon is Jack Della Maddalena who hopes to keep his momentum going against Dagestani fighter Ramazan Emeev.

Bouts scheduled for the preliminary portion of the card include:

Jacob Malkoun vs. Brendan Allen
Seung Woo Choi vs. Joshua Culibao
Steve Garcia vs. Hayisaer Maheshate
Kang Kyung-ho vs. Danaa Batgerel
Liang Na vs. Silvana Gómez Juárez
Ramona Pascual vs. Joselyne Edwards

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UFC 275 Fight Card, How to Watch

UFC 275 will see both the UFC Light Heavyweight and Women’s Flyweight Championships up for grabs. The main event of UFC 275 features UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira defending his title for the first time against Ji?í Procházka. The champion won the title by defeating Jan Blachowicz by submission at UFC 267 on Oct….

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UFC 275 will see both the UFC Light Heavyweight and Women’s Flyweight Championships up for grabs.

The main event of UFC 275 features UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira defending his title for the first time against Ji?í Procházka. The champion won the title by defeating Jan Blachowicz by submission at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, 2021.

At 42 years old, Teixeira hopes to prove he can still be the best in his division. However, he faces a dangerous challenger.

Ji?í Procházka, Glover Teixeira — Image Credits: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC & Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images

Procházka is coming into the fight on a 12-fight win streak, with 11 of his wins happening by knockout. His last win was against former title contender Dominick Reyes by knockout via a brutal spinning elbow at UFC Vegas 25 on May. 1, 2021.

Talia Santos will hope to stop the dominant reign of UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event. Although she is the underdog, Santos has only lost one fight in her career, which happened by split decision.

Her last win was against Joanne Wood by submission at UFC Vegas 43 on Nov. 20, 2021. But Santos will have her most significant challenge to date in fighting Shevchenko.

Valentina Shevchenko, Taila Santos — Image Credits: Jeff Bottari/Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

The champion is regarded as the best pound-for-pound women’s fighter in the UFC. She has successfully defended her title six times. Her last win was against Lauren Murphy by knockout at UFC 266 on Sep. 25, 2021. Shevchenko will attempt to continue her impressive title defense streak and could potentially move up to fight for the UFC Bantamweight Championship.

Check back at MMA News this weekend for our coverage of UFC 275.

UFC 275 Fight Card

Main Card:

(C) Glover Teixeira (33-7) vs. Jiri Procházka (28-3-1)- Light Heavyweight Championship Main Event
(C) Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) vs. Talia Santos (19-1)- Women’s Flyweight Championship Co-Main Event
Weili Zhang (21-3) vs. Joanna J?drzejczyk (16-4)- Women’s Strawweight
Rogerio Bontorin (17-4) vs. Manel Kape (17-6)- Flyweight
Jack Della Maddalena (11-2) vs. Ramazan Emeev (20-5)- Welterweight

Prelims:

Brendan Allen (18-5) vs. Jacob Malkoun (6-1)- Middleweight
Seung Woo Choi (10-4) vs. Joshua Culibao (9-1-1)- Featherweight
Maheshate (6-1) vs. Steve Garcia (12-4)- Lightweight
Jake Mathews (17-5) vs. Andre Fialho (16-4)- Welterweight
Kyung Ho Kang (17-9) vs. Batgerel Danaa (12-3)- Bantamweight
Liang Na (19-5) vs. Silvana Juarez (10-4)- Women’s Strawweight
Ramona Pascual (6-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (10-4)- Women’s Featherweight

When is UFC 275?

UFC 275 takes place on Jun. 11 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

The main card is expected to occur at 10 PM EST/ 7 PM PST. The prelims will take place at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST. While the UFC has advertised the time, it could still change. Although, UFC Pay Per Views generally start on time.

Joanna J?drzejczyk, Zhang Weili (Image Credits: Chris Unger/Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

How to Watch?

UFC 275 main card and prelims will stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. However, the main card is PPV only, with a cost of 74.99 and an ESPN+ subscription. The prelims will also air live on ESPN until the start of the main card.

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Weili Zhang Confused by ‘Thug’ Rose’s Offer to Help Joanna Jedrzejczyk for UFC 275 Bout

Former UFC strawweight champion ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas has offered to help train Joanna Jedrzejczyk for her UFC 275 bout with fellow former champion Weili Zhang. 27 months removed from their first bout, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Weili Zhang will run back what many consider to be the greatest women’s fight in mixed martial arts history. At […]

Former UFC strawweight champion ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas has offered to help train Joanna Jedrzejczyk for her UFC 275 bout with fellow former champion Weili Zhang.

27 months removed from their first bout, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Weili Zhang will run back what many consider to be the greatest women’s fight in mixed martial arts history. At UFC 248, Jedrzejczyk and Zhang engaged in a 25-minute war that left Jedrzejczyk nearly unrecognizable. The two are expected to light the fireworks once again in Singapore, but before Jedrzejczyk steps back into the Octagon, she might get some help from a former foe.

‘Thug Rose” and her coach Pat Barry confirmed during an appearance on The MMA Hour that they were willing to help Jedrzejczyk prepare for her UFC return. The offer caught the attention of former champion Zhang who was nothing short of confused by Namajunas’ offer during an interview posted on the Chinese-native’s Instagram account.

“Well, if I’m Rose, I would not do something like this because Joanna has her own team. ATT is a very professional, elite team. They produced many champions,” Zhang said. “And you go interfere at this point that’s a little bit… I don’t know what she’s trying to do. Does she think Joanna’s team is not good enough or what? I don’t know. I definitely would not do that in her shoes.”

‘Thug’ Rose Is an Expert When It Comes to Fighting Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejcyk

Fighters reaching out to help train others is certainly not unheard of and when it comes to bouts with Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone more qualified than Namajunas.

Stepping into UFC 217, Namajunas was a sizeable underdog against then-champion Jedrzejczyk. It only took ‘Thug’ Rose three minutes to put away the reigning champion. While some fans suggested that her win was a ‘fluke’, Namajunas proved her worth by defeating Jedrzejczyk in a rematch at UFC 223.

History repeated itself when Namajunas stepped into the cage against champion Weili Zhang at UFC 261. Namajunas landed a massive head kick just over a minute into the contest to capture UFC gold for the second time. She followed up the performance with a split decision win over Zhang in their UFC 268 rematch.

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