The UFC kicks off its first card of the yr with a light-weight heavyweight conflict between Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov.
The cardboard was initially set to be Kelvin Gastelum going through Imavov in the principle occasion. Nevertheless, Gastelum pulled out of the battle as a consequence of a mouth damage on Jan. 9. Strickland agreed to step in on quick discover to battle Imavov, however the battle needed to be a light-weight heavyweight bout. Each fighters agreed to the phrases to make the battle official for this Saturday.
UFC Vegas 67 Major Occasion and Co-Major Occasion
Strickland will goal to start out the yr recent with a win. As soon as thought of a possible UFC Middleweight Championship contender, Stickland has suffered two straight losses. His final defeat was towards Jared Cannonier by way of unanimous choice at UFC Vegas 66 on Dec. 17.
Though he struggled in his earlier two fights, he’s nonetheless ranked seventh within the middleweight division. Whereas it will not be splendid for Strickland to battle on quick discover, the battle being contested at gentle heavyweight might assist him this Saturday. In comparison with preventing at middleweight, Strickland might have a better time making gentle heavyweight on a number of days’ discover and will assist him pull off the upset.
Whereas Strickland hopes to get again into the win column, Imavov might be a troublesome opponent to battle beneath these situations. Imavov is on a three-fight win streak and has defeated two out of three opponents by TKO. His final win was towards Joaquin Buckley by unanimous choice at UFC Paris on Sep. 3, 2022.
Earlier than defeating Buckley, Imavov defeated Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC 268 on Nov. 6, 2021, and Ian Heinisch at UFC Vegas 32 on July 24, 2021, by TKO. The UFC has Imavov ranked twelfth within the middleweight division, and a win over Strickland might make the UFC think about placing Imavov towards somebody within the high ten at middleweight.
The co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 67 will characteristic a featherweight bout between Dan Ige and Damon Jackson. Ige is seeking to finish his three-fight shedding streak. Ranked thirteenth within the featherweight division, Ige will put his spot in danger towards Jackson, who’s on a four-fight win streak.
UFC Vegas 67: Strickland vs. Imavov Struggle Card
(Remaining card & bout order topic to vary)
Major Card
- Major Occasion– Gentle Heavyweight Bout- #7(MW) Sean Strickland vs. #12 (MW)Nassourdine Imavov (12-3)
- Co-Major Occasion– Featherweight Bout: #13 Dan Ige (15-6) vs. Damon Jackson (22-4-1)
- Middleweight Bout: Punahele Soriano (9-2) vs. Roman Kopylov (9-2)
- Ladies’s Bantamweight Bout: #2 Ketlen Vieira (13-2) vs. #5 Raquel Pennington (14-8)
- Bantamweight Bout: #11 Umar Nurmagomedov (15-0) vs. Raoni Barcelos (17-3)
Preliminary Card
- Middleweight Bout: Claudio Ribeiro (10-2) vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan (11-5)
- Light-weight Bout: Mateusz Rebecki (16-1) vs. Nick Fiore (6-0)
- Bantamweight Bout: Javid Basharat (13-0) vs. Mateus Mendonca (10-0)
- Flyweight Bout: Allan Nascimento (19-6) vs. Carlos Hernandez (8-1)
- Featherweight Bout: Issac Dulgarian (5-0) vs. Daniel Argueta (8-1)
- Flyweight bout: Charles Johnson (12-3) vs. Jimmy Flick (16-5)
- Ladies’s Flyweight Bout: Priscila Cachoeira (12-4) vs. Sijara Eubanks (7-7)
When is UFC Vegas 67: Strickland vs. Imavov?
UFC Vegas 67: Strickland vs. Imavov will happen on Jan. 14 on the UFC Apex Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The primary card will start at 7 PM ET/ 4 PM PT. The prelims will kick off the primary UFC of the yr at 4 PM ET/1 PM PT. Whereas the UFC has marketed the time on their web site, the bout order and time might nonetheless change.
How one can Watch?
UFC followers can watch the whole UFC Vegas 67 card on ESPN+ in america.
