Welcome to F4WOnline.com's live coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 74: Cannonier vs. Strickland, emanating from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Octagon is back inside the UFC Apex this weekend for the final fight card of 2022, which will be capped off by a middleweight main event between two men trying to get themselves back into the title picture.
Third-ranked Jared Cannonier takes on seventh-ranked Sean Strickland in the five-round headline bout at 185 pounds. Both are looking to get back into the win column after suffering losses at UFC 276 in July. Cannonier came up short in a title shot, dropping a decision to now-former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya. Strickland was knocked out in the first round by Alex Pereira, who went on to defeat Adesanya to win the UFC Middleweight Championship. Cannonier and Strickland were originally slated to fight in October, but an injury to Strickland pushed the fight back two months.
In the co-main event, it is a battle of rising lightweight contenders as Arman Tsarukyan battles Damir Ismagulov. Also on the main card is flyweight Amir Albazi welcoming Alessandro Costa to the UFC, a featherweight match-up pitting Alex Caceres against Julian Erosa, and a battle of lightweight veterans as Drew Dober takes on Bobby Green.
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.
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4 PM ET/1 PM PT
> Bantamweights- Sergey Morozov (18-5, 2-2 UFC) vs. Journey Newson (10-3 1 NC, 1-2 1 NC UFC)
> Flyweights- #9 David Dvorak (20-4, 3-1 UFC) vs. #12 Manel Kape (17-6, 2-2 UFC)
> Welterweights- Bryan Battle (8-1, 3-0 UFC) vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov (20-2, 1-0 UFC)
> Lightweights*- Rafa Garcia (14-3, 2-3 UFC) vs. Hayisaer Maheshate (9-1, 1-0 UFC)
*Maheshate missed weight by 2.5 pounds
> Bantamweights- #15 Said Nurmagomedov (16-2, 5-1 UFC) vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov (10-2, 2-0 UFC)
> Welterweights- Jake Matthews (18-5, 11-5 UFC) vs. Matthew Semelsberger (10-4, 4-2 UFC)
> Women's Strawweights- Cheyanne Vlismas (7-2, 2-1 UFC) vs. Cory McKenna (7-2, 2-1 UFC)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 7 PM ET/4 PM PT
> Middleweights- Cody Brundage (8-2, 2-1 UFC) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (17-5 1 NC, 5-3 1 NC UFC)
> Lightweights- Drew Dober (25-11 1 NC, 11-7 1 NC UFC) vs. Bobby Green (29-13-1, 10-8-1 UFC)
> Featherweights- Alex Caceres (19-13 1 NC, 14-11 1 NC UFC) vs. Julian Erosa (28-9, 6-5 UFC)
> Flyweights- #8 Amir Albazi (15-1, 3-0 UFC) vs. Alessandro Costa (12-2, 0-0 UFC)
> Lightweights- #9 Arman Tsarukyan (18-3, 5-2 UFC) vs. #12 Damir Ismagulov (24-1, 5-0 UFC)
> Middleweights- #3 Jared Cannonier (15-6, 8-6 UFC) vs. #7 Sean Strickland (25-4, 12-4 UFC)
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