Welcome to F4WOnline.com's live coverage of UFC On ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev, emanating from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Octagon is back at the Apex this week after a crazy International Fight Week, and the show rolls on with a twelve-fight card featuring a lightweight fight between top-ten foes.
Former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos takes on Rafael Fiziev in a long-awaited five-round headline bout. These two were originally scheduled to headline a card in February, but visa issues pushed the fight back to UFC 272 in March. However, Fiziev had to pull out after contracting COVID-19, and Dos Anjos instead scored a win over Renato Moicano on that card. Dos Anjos has scored two straight wins, while Fiziev is riding a five-fight win streak.
The rest of the main card features some notable match-ups, as middleweights Caio Borralho and Armen Petrosyan battle, bantamweights Douglas Silva de Andrade and Said Nurmagomedov square off, heavyweights Jared Vanderaa and Chase Sherman battle to stay on the UFC roster, and it kicks off with a long-time UFC veteran Michael Johnson taking on Jamie Mullarkey in a lightweight fight.
Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.
*A women's flyweight fight between Cynthia Calvillo and Nina Nunes has been scratched from the card after Nunes had to pull out due to a stomach virus she contracted following weigh-ins.
ESPN PRELIMS | 6 PM ET/3 PM PT
> Bantamweights- Ronnie Lawrence (8-1, 2-0 UFC) vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov (9-2, 1-0 UFC)
> Light Heavyweights- Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-3, 3-3 UFC) vs. Karl Roberson (9-5, 4-5 UFC)
> Featherweights- David Onama (9-1, 1-1 UFC) vs. Garrett Armfield (8-2, 0-0 UFC)
> Women's Flyweights- Antonina Shevchenko (9-4, 3-4 UFC) vs. Cortney Casey (10-9, 6-8 UFC)
> Middleweights- Cody Brundage (7-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Tresean Gore (3-1, 0-1 UFC)
ESPN MAIN CARD | 9 PM ET/6 PM PT
> Lightweights- Michael Johnson (20-17, 12-13 UFC) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (14-5, 2-3 UFC)
> Bantamweights- Aiemann Zahabi (8-2, 2-2 UFC) vs. Ricky Turcios (11-2, 1-0 UFC)
> Heavyweights- Jared Vanderaa (12-8, 1-4 UFC) vs. Chase Sherman (15-10, 3-9 UFC)
> Bantamweights- Douglas Silva de Andrade (28-4 1 NC, 6-4 UFC) vs. Said Nurmagomedov (15-2, 4-1 UFC)
> Middleweights- Caio Borralho (11-1 1 NC, 1-0 UFC) vs. Armen Petrosyan (7-1, 1-0 UFC)
> Lightweights- #7 Rafael Dos Anjos (31-13, 20-11 UFC) vs. #10 Rafael Fiziev (11-1, 5-1 UFC)
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