UFC on ESPN 39 Start Times And Fight Card: Dos Anjos vs Fiziev

Las Vegas – FightBook MMA has your begin occasions and combat card for UFC on ESPN 39 (also called UFC Vegas 58).

UFC returns to UFC APEX with a must-watch light-weight contenders’ bout that may see No. 7 ranked Rafael Dos Anjos battle No. 10 Rafael Fiziev. The co-main occasion will characteristic a conflict of Dana White’s Contender Sequence signees when Caio Borralho faces Armen Petrosyan at middleweight.

UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs Fiziev will happen Saturday, July 9 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All bouts might be accessible on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, in addition to simulcast in English and Spanish on ESPN+. The principle card will start at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The prelims kick off at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.

Former champion Dos Anjos (30-13) combating out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) returned to 155 kilos from the welterweight division with a Battle of the Night time win over Paul Felder in late 2020. All through his UFC run, he has additionally delivered memorable victories over Nate Diaz and Robbie Lawler, in addition to Anthony Pettis, to win the belt in 2015. Dos Anjos now goals to cease Fiziev’s momentum and proceed his climb again to a light-weight title shot.

Rising contender Fiziev (11-1) combating out of Baku, Azerbaijan by the use of Phuket, Thailand) has wasted no time dazzling followers along with his numerous placing arsenal. At the moment using a five-fight win streak, he holds spectacular wins over Brad Riddell, Bobby Inexperienced and Renato Moicano. Fiziev now has his sights set on ending his first former UFC champion to crack the light-weight high 10.

Borralho (11-1 1NC) combating out of Sao Paulo, Brazil earned his spot on the UFC roster with victories over Aaron Jeffery and Jesse Murray on Dana White’s Contender Sequence final yr. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt then made a profitable UFC debut by incomes a hard-fought win towards Gadzhi Omargadzhiev in April. Borralho now goals to push his unbeaten streak to 12 bouts by stopping Petrosyan.

Petrosyan (7-1) combating out of Yerevan, Armenia impressed on Dana White’s Contender Sequence with a first-round KO victory over Kaloyan Kolev final October. The gifted kickboxer then introduced his arrival with an entertaining win towards Gregory Rodrigues in February. Petrosyan now intends to turn out to be the primary fighter to complete Borralho by securing one other highlight-reel KO.

Douglas Silva (28-4 1NC) combating out of Castanhal, Para, Brazil takes on Said Nurmagomedov (15-2) combating out of Dagestan, Russia in an intriguing bantamweight matchup. Jamie Pickett (13-7) combating out of Wilmington, N.C. faces Denis Tiuliulin (10-6) combating out of Moscow, Russia at middleweight.

A heavyweight bout sees Jared Vanderaa (12-8) combating out of Hemet, Calif. tackle the at all times thrilling Chase Sherman (15-10) combating out of D’Iberville, Miss. Michael Johnson (21-17) combating out of St. Louis, Mo. battles Jamie Mullarkey (14-5) combating out of Central Coast, Australia in an thrilling light-weight bout.

No. 10 ranked flyweight contender Cynthia Calvillo (9-4-1) combating out of San Jose, Calif. appears to be like to spoil the UFC 125-pound debut of No. 7 ranked strawweight contender Nina Nunes (10-7) combating out of Weston, Fla. Aiemann Zahabi (8-2) combating out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada returns towards The Final Fighter season 29 winner Ricky Turcios (12-2) combating out of Houston, Texas in a bantamweight bout.

Antonina Shevchenko (9-4) combating out of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan squares off with Cortney Casey (10-9) combating out of Glendale, Ariz. at flyweight. Cody Brundage (7-2) combating out of Littleton, Colo. takes on Tresean Gore (4-1) combating out of Lawrenceville, Ga. in a battle of promising middleweight prospects.

Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-3) combating out of Dallas, Texas faces Karl Roberson (9-5) combating out of Neptune, N.J. at mild heavyweight. Rising bantamweight prospects collide when Ronnie Lawrence (8-1) combating out of Dawn, Fla.)meets Saidyokub Kakhramonov (9-2) combating out of Spokane, Wash. by the use of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.