CHICAGO – For the first time this week, the fighters on the UFC 238 card got face to face Thursday.
All the athletes fighting on the UFC’s return to “The Windy City” squared off at a media day for the card at United Center in Chicago. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
Included in the mix were the four fighters in title bouts at the top of the bill. In the main event, flyweight champion Henry Cejudo (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) takes on Marlon Moraes (22-5-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) for the vacant bantamweight title. Cejudo is trying to become the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold two belts at the same time.
And in the co-feature, women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) puts her belt on the line for the first time when she takes on challenger Jessica Eye (14-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC).
Beyond the top-tier fighters in the title fights, there are a total of 21 ranked fighters on Saturday’s card. Check out the faceoffs for the fighters in the two title fights, as well as all the other matchups on Saturday’s card, in the video above.
The UFC 238 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes – for vacant bantamweight title
- Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Eye – for women’s flyweight title
- Donald Cerrone vs. Tony Ferguson
- Jimmie Rivera vs. Petr Yan
- Blagoy Ivanov vs. Tai Tuivasa
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)
- Nina Ansaroff vs. Tatiana Suarez
- Pedro Munhoz vs. Aljamain Sterling
- Alexa Grasso vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- Calvin Kattar vs. Ricardo Lamas
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Angela Hill vs. Yan Xiaonan
- Bevon Lewis vs. Darren Stewart
- Grigory Popov vs. Eddie Wineland
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Joanne Calderwood
For more on UFC 238, visit the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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