UFC Vegas 81 struggle card airs stay on ESPN+ from UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, October 14. The primary occasion is a five-round featherweight bout between Sodiq Yusuff and Edson Barboza.
Yusuff (13-2) makes his Octagon return after a yr of layoff and is on the lookout for his third straight victory. In his earlier outing final October, the 30-year-old of Lagos, Nigeria submitted Don Shainis within the first spherical. In March 2022, No. 11-ranked featherweight contender scored a unanimous choice in opposition to Alex Caceres.
No. 13 Barboza (23-11) final fought in April, when he KO’d Billy Quarantillo within the first spherical. With the victory, the 37-year-old native of Nova Friburgo, Brazil returned to successful methods after struggling a pair of defeats.
The co-main occasion is a three-round all-Brazilian girls’s flyweight battle between Jennifer Maia and Viviane Araujo. Curitiba’s 35-year-old Maia (21-9-1) is coming off a pair of win by unanimous choice in opposition to Casey O’Neill and Maryna Moroz. 36-year-old Araujo (11-5) of Ceilandia eyes to rebound from a pair of losses by UD in opposition to Amanda Ribas and Alexa Grasso.
Additionally on the primary card, Jonathan Martinez (18-4) faces his his fellow-American Adrian Yanez (16-4) at bantamweight. As nicely, Michel Pereira (28-11, 2 NC) of Brazil takes on Andre Petroski (10-1) of america at middleweight. Plus, Edgar Chairez (10-5) of Mexico meets Daniel Lacerda (11-5) of Brazil at flyweight. As well as, Christian Rodriguez (9-1) of america and Cameron Saaiman (9-0) of South Africa go face to face at bantamweight.
On the highest of prelims Darren Elkins (28-11) and TJ Brown (17-10) sq. off in an all-American conflict at featherweight. Additionally on the cardboard a pair of bantamweight bouts that includes Irina Alekseeva (5-1) up in opposition to Melissa Dixon (5-0) of England and Chris Gutierrez (19-4-2) of the Unites States versus Heili Alateng (16-8-2) of China.
Plus, Ashley Yoder (8-8) and Emily Ducote (12-8) go toe-to-toe in an all-American bout at girls’s strawweight and Terrance McKinney (14-6) of america meets Chris Duncan (11-1) of Scotland at light-weight. Rounding out the cardboard, Tainara Lisboa (6-2) and Ravena Oliveira Morais (7-1-1) battle it out in an all-Brazil contest at girls’s bantamweight.
UFC Combat Evening: Yusuff vs Barboza card
The present UFC Vegas 81: Yusuff vs Barboza struggle card appears as the next:
Important card
Sodiq Yusuff vs. Edson Barboza
Jennifer Maia vs. Viviane Araujo
Jonathan Martinez vs. Adrian Yanez
Michel Pereira vs. Andre Petrosk
Edgar Chairez vs. Daniel Lacerda
Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman
Preliminary card
Darren Elkins vs. T.J. Brown
Irina Alekseeva vs. Melissa Dixon
Chris Gutierrez vs. Heili Alateng
Ashley Yoder vs. Emily Ducote
Terrance McKinney vs. Chris Duncan
Tainara Lisboa vs. Ravena Oliveira
In Australia, UFC Vegas 81: Yusuff vs Barboza airs on Sunday, October 15 stay on Kayo.
