CHICAGO – Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone came face to face for the first time Thursday ahead of their anticipated fight at UFC 238.
Ferguson (24-3 MMA, 14-1 UFC) is set to meet “Cowboy” (36-11 MMA, 23-8 UFC) in a potential lightweight title eliminator on Saturday’s card, which takes place at United Center in Chicago and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
The matchup has captured the majority of headlines leading up to the event. Following media day, Ferguson (who brought the interim lightweight title he never lost) and Cerrone got a good look at each other in advance of fight night.
Although there were a few words exchanged, the faceoff was mostly filled with smiles and handshakes. Watch the video above to see how it went down, as well as the rest of the fights below.
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.
