Welcome to F4WOnline.com's live coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 71: Kattar vs. Allen, emanating from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Octagon finishes up a busy month of October back at their home base of the Apex in Las Vegas with an exciting featherweight main event that could play a role in the divisional title picture.
Fifth-ranked Calvin Kattar looks to get back into the win column and keep himself in the title picture when he takes on sixth-ranked Arnold Allen, who is on a long win streak. Kattar has been on the cusp of a title shot before, but he's looking to rebound from a close decision loss to Josh Emmett in June. Allen comes into this fight riding an 11-fight win streak after scoring a first-round TKO win over Dan Hooker in March.
Also on the main card is an exciting welterweight contest between Tim Means and Max Griffin, a heavyweight battle pitting the debuting Waldo Cortes-Acosta against Jared Vanderaa, a middleweight bout between prospects Josh Fremd and Tresean Gore, and a light heavyweight battle of kickboxers as Dustin Jacoby takes on Khalil Rountree.
Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.
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> Bantamweights*- Christian Rodriguez (7-1, 0-1 UFC) vs. Joshua Weems (10-2, 0-0 UFC)
*Weems missed weight by 3.5 pounds*
> Flyweights- Cody Durden (13-4-1, 2-2-1 UFC) vs. Carlos Mota (8-1, 0-0 UFC)
> Featherweights- Chase Hooper (11-2-1, 3-2 UFC) vs. Steve Garcia (12-5, 1-2 UFC)
> Middleweights- Joseph Holmes (8-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Jun Yong Park (14-5, 4-2 UFC)
> Heavyweights- Andrei Arlovski (34-20 2 NC, 23-14 1 NC UFC) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (19-8-1, 8-6 UFC)
> Middleweights- Phil Hawes (12-3, 4-1 UFC) vs. Roman Dolidze (10-1, 4-1 UFC)
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> Light Heavyweights- #13 Dustin Jacoby (18-5-1, 6-2-1 UFC) vs. Khalil Rountree (10-5 1 NC, 6-5 1 NC UFC)
> Middleweights- Josh Fremd (9-3, 0-1 UFC) vs. Tresean Gore (3-2, 0-2 UFC)
> Heavyweights- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (7-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jared Vanderaa (12-9, 1-5 UFC)
> Welterweights- Tim Means (32-13-1 1 NC, 14-10 1 NC UFC) vs. Max Griffin (18-9, 6-7 UFC)
> Featherweights- #5 Calvin Kattar (23-6, 7-4 UFC) vs. #6 Arnold Allen (18-1, 9-0 UFC)
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