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The UFC on ESPN 21 mixed martial arts tournament will take place on March 20 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, the main event of which will be a middle division fight between promotion veteran Derek Brunson and rising prospect Kevin Holland, who won last year five wins in a row.
Also at this event, the 15th lightweight Gregor Gillespie, who has not played under the MMA rules since November 2019, will finally return to the octagon after suffering a crushing defeat to Kevin Lee. And on the undercard of UFC on ESPN 21, Roman Dolidze, ex-champion of the Ukrainian WWFC league, will play his third fight in the organization.
UFC on ESPN 21 Main Card ESPN, 10 p.m. ET
Derek Brunson 21 – 7 – 0 VS Kevin Holland 21 – 5 – 0
Gregor Gillespie 13 – 1 – 0 VS Brad Riddell 8 – 1 – 0
Don’Tale Mayes8 – 4 – 0 VS Tai Tuivasa 11 – 3 – 0
Gustavo Lopez12 – 5 – 0 VS Adrian Yanez 12 – 3 – 0
Max Griffin16 – 8 – 0 VS Song Kenan 16 – 5 – 0
Cheyanne Buys5 – 1 – 0 VS Montserrat Ruiz 9 – 1 – 0
UFC on ESPN 21 Preliminary Card ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET
Macy Chiasson 6 – 1 – 0 VS Marion Reneau 9 – 6 – 1
Grant Dawson 16 – 1 – 0 VS Leonardo Santos 18 – 3 – 1
Roman Dolidze 8 – 0 – 0 VS Trevin Giles 13 – 2 – 0
Montel Jackson 9 – 2 – 0 VS Jesse Strader 0 – 0 – 0
Julia Avila 8 – 2 – 0 VS Julija Stoliarenko 9 – 4 – 1
JP Buys 9 – 2 – 0 VS Bruno Silva 10 – 6 – 2
Anthony Birchak 15 – 7 – 0 VS Johnny Eduardo 28 – 12 – 0
