Heavyweights Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes will battle in a possible No. 1 contender’s bout at UFC Vegas 71 on April 22, and now the poster for the occasion has been revealed.
Contemplating the stakes within the struggle, it’s no shock that Pavlovich and Blaydes take middle stage forward of the cardboard, which is scheduled to happen on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Each fighters competing in the principle occasion have put collectively spectacular win streaks. Blaydes has rattled off three straight wins, together with back-to-back victories over Tom Aspinall and Chris Daukaus in his most up-to-date outings. Total, Blaydes has gone 7-1 in his previous eight fights, together with his solely setback coming in a loss to Derrick Lewis in 2021.
In the meantime, Pavlovich has gone undefeated within the UFC since falling to one-time title challenger Alistair Overeem in his octagon debut. The ferocious Russian has put collectively a harmful five-fight successful streak, with all of his victories coming by first-round knockout, together with finishes of Lewis, Tai Tuivasa, and Shamil Abdurakhimov.
With new heavyweight king Jon Jones anticipated to conflict with Stipe Miocic later this yr, the struggle between Pavlovich and Blaydes might very nicely decide who will get the winner.
Whereas not featured on the poster, UFC Vegas 71 additionally options plenty of intriguing fights on the undercard, together with the co-main occasion, which pits Song Yadong towards Ricky Simon at bantamweight, in addition to the return of Bobby Green taking over Jared Gordon, which can also be on the principle card.
