The 11-bout lineup for next month’s UFC Fight Night 51 event is complete, with a six-fight main card and five-bout preliminary lineup all airing on UFC Fight Pass.
Featuring a heavyweight rematch between Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and Andrei Arlovski, UFC Fight Night 51 takes place Sept. 13 at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.
The six-fight main-card streams on UFC Fight Pass beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Also featured on the main card are lightweights Piotr Hallmann vs. Gleison Tibau and Lukasz Sajewski vs. Leonardo Santos, welterweights Sergio Moraes vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio, bantamweights Iuri Alcantara vs. Russell Doane and a women’s bantamweight bout with Jessica Andrade vs. Valerie Letourneau.
A five-fight preliminary cards kicks off at 5:45 p.m. ET with Dashon Johnson vs. Godofredo Pepey in the featured slot. Also on the card are Igor Araujo vs. George Sullivan, Efrain Escudero vs. Francisco Trinaldo and Sean Spencer vs. Paulo Thiago.
A bantamweight rematch of Johnny Bedford vs. Rani Yahya kicks off the night.
MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 8 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 5:45 p.m. ET)
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(Pictured: Antonio Silva)
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