On April 24, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville (Florida) will host the 261st numbered tournament of the strongest American promotion of mixed martial arts UFC, in the main event of which there will be a rematch between welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and fourth-ranked Jorge Masvidal.
Recall that for the first time Usman and Masvidal divided the octagon in July 2020, and then Kamaru emerged victorious, who managed to neutralize Jorge’s striking power with the help of wrestling in the clinch and transfers to the ground.
In the co-main event of the evening, reigning women’s underweight champion Weili Zhang will have a second title defense against former winner Rose Namajunas. And also that evening Valentina Shevchenko, who owns a belt in the lightest division, will fight with Brazilian Jessica Andrade.
In total, fourteen fights are planned within the framework of the UFC 261 tournament with the participation of athletes from Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, China, Australia and the United States of America.
UFC 261 Fightcard
Main Card Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET
Kamaru Usman – Jorge Masvidal
Rose Namajunas – Weili Zhang
Valentina Shevchenko – Jessica Andrade
Uriah Hall – Chris Weidman
Jimmy Crute – Anthony Smith
Preliminary Card ESPN, 8 p.m. ET
Randy Brown – Alex Oliveira
Dwight Grant – Stefan Sekulic
Brendan Allen – Karl Roberson
Tristan Connelly – Pat Sabatini
Preliminary Card ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET
Danaa Batgerel – Kevin Natividad
Kazula Vargas – Rong Zhu
Qileng Aori – Jeffrey Molina
Ariane Carnelossi – Na Liang
Johnny Munoz – Jamey Simmons
