Just $40 will get you in the door in “Music City” for the UFC’s return to Nashville next month.
As a reminder, tickets for UFC Fight Night 108, which includes a featherweight headliner between Artem Lobov (13-12-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Cub Swanson (24-7 MMA, 9-3 UFC), go on sale to the general public today.
The event takes place April 22 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and it airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.
Tickets for the event start at $40, and other seating categories cost $60, $80, $100 and $175, not including taxes and fees. They go on sale through Ticketmaster to the general public beginning at 11 a.m. ET (10 p.m. CT local time).
Swanson is coming off a killer performance worthy of his “Killer” nickname. In a “Fight of the Year” contender, he topped the highly touted Dooho Choi in December at UFC 206 in Toronto. The back-and-forth brawl was an easy “Fight of the Night” winner and made Swanson 3-0 in 2016 after back-to-back tough losses to Frankie Edgar and Max Holloway.
Lobov, a training partner of lightweight champion Conor McGregor in Dublin, has won back-to-back fights – getting him above the .500 mark again. His up-and-down career seems to be on a surge now with consecutive wins over Chris Avila and Teruto Ishihara.
Along with the headliner, UFC Fight Night 108 includes a lightweight fight between popular veteran and “TUF” winner Diego Sanchez (27-9 MMA, 16-9 UFC) and Al Iaquinta (12-3-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC); Marcos Rogerio de Lima (15-4-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (19-10 MMA, 7-5 UFC) at light heavyweight; Sam Alvey (30-8 MMA, 7-3 UFC) vs. Thales Leites (26-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) at middleweight; and John Dodson (18-8 MMA, 7-3 UFC) vs. Eddie Wineland (23-11-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) at bantamweight.
In addition, Brandon Moreno (13-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) takes on Nashville native Dustin Ortiz (16-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) at flyweight; Jessica Penne (12-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) meets Danielle Taylor (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a women’s strawweight bout; Hector Sandoval (13-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) fights Matt Schnell (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at flyweight; Tennessee’s own Scott Holtzman (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Michael McBride (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at lightweight; and Cindy Dandois (8-2, 0-0 UFC) makes her UFC debut against former women’s bantamweight title challenger Alexis Davis (17-7 MMA, 4-2 UFC).
The latest UFC Fight Night 108 lineup includes:
For more on UFC Fight Night 108, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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