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Jorge Masvidal steps in on six days' notice to fight Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 |
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The UFC has managed to pull off one of the great late-replacement bookings in company history as Jorge Masvidal will fight Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title in the new UFC 251 main event.
After Gilbert Burns was removed from Saturday’s card because of a positive COVID-19 test, Usman (16-1 MMA, 11-0 UFC) did not board a charter flight to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, where the event takes place. It appeared as though he would not compete, but the UFC reached terms with Masvidal (35-13 MMA, 12-6 UFC), and the fight has been agreed to.
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Post #1 7/6/20 12:43:35AM
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The lates UFC 251 lineup now includes:
Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal – for welterweight title
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – for vacant bantamweight title
Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
Muslim Salikhov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
Roman Bogatov vs. Leonardo Santos
Alexander Romanov vs. Marcin Tybura
Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Vanessa Melo vs. Karol Rosa
Martin Day vs. Davey Grant
Super solid ppv card
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Post #2 7/6/20 12:44:32AM
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What a tremendous save by Masvidal, Burns, and the UFC. Usman-Burns was going to be great, and I was bummed it fell through. But Usman-Masvidal is still a fun matchup.
A pay per view with three legit, exciting title fights? I might actually buy that lol.
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Post #3 7/6/20 3:08:50AM
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things have sure slowed down around here
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Post #4 9/8/20 1:15:18PM
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