The UFC heads back to the state of New York this spring with a welterweight showdown in the main event.
UFC on ESPN+ 9 tickets go on sale this week. UFC on ESPN+ 9 takes place May 18 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. The entire card streams on ESPN+.
In the main event, former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (28-11 MMA, 17-9 UFC) takes on Kevin Lee (17-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC).
Dos Anjos currently is ranked No. 8 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie MMA welterweight rankings. Lee is at No. 5 in the lightweight list. Lee is moving up to 170 pounds for the first time in his UFC career.
Dos Anjos returns to action for the first time since falling short to current UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman in a No. 1 contender fight last November. He’ll now face Lee, who challenged unsuccessfully for an interim UFC title in October 2017. Since that setback, Lee earned an impressive TKO win over fellow top contender Edson Barboza before losing a heartbreaking decision to Al Iaquinta this past December.
Tickets for UFC on ESPN+ 9 are on sale at 10 a.m. ET today through TicketMaster or the arena box office. There is an eight-ticket limit.
UFC Fight Club members can purchase tickets today. UFC e-newsletter subscribers can purchase tickets Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. And tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.
The latest UFC on ESPN+ 9 lineup includes:
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee
- Sijara Eubanks vs. Aspen Ladd
- Ian Heinisch vs. Antonio Carlos Junior
- Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer
- Zak Cummings vs. Trevin Giles
- Grant Dawson vs. Mike Trizano
- Patrick Cummins vs. Ed Herman
For more on UFC on ESPN+ 9, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
