UFC Vegas 106 is almost here. Tomorrow evening, the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, NV serves as the host venue for the final event from MMA’s No. 1 promotion in the world.
One standout name set to compete at UFC Vegas 106 almost gave up in his bid to overcome injuries and make it back to the cage. After staging the UFC 315 pay-per-view in Montreal, Canada, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion is back at its home base of the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday.
UFC Vegas 106 fight week continues ahead of the final UFC Fight Night before the promotion recesses next weekend in observance of the Memorial Day holiday inside the United States.
A recurring theme has popped up on the main event of many UFC Fight Night cards recently. There are young up-and-coming fighters with sparkling records who are eager to show they are legitimate superstars paired against durable veteran fighters.
If UFC 300 was given a title as was the custom with the numbered events, the name “For One Night Only” feels appropriate. The tradition of catchy slogans to capture an overall theme to a fight card fizzled out in the early 2010s.
The opening bout on the UFC 300 main preliminary card was a featherweight bout between The post Diego Lopes finishes Sodiq Yusuff in just 89 seconds at UFC 300 first appeared on MyMMANews.
Sodiq Yusuff faces rising newcomer Diego Lopes at UFC 300. One of the many Nigerian-born staples of the promotion’s roster, Yusuff has a lively and friendly demeanor.