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The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads to St. Petersburg, Russia, for UFC Fight Night 149.
In the main event, former UFC heavyweight title challenger Alistair Overeem is looking to extend his winning streak to two. He will be taking on Alexey Oleynik, who is filling in on short-notice for Alexander Volkov. Oleynik is riding a two-fight winning streak and is headlining a card in Russia for the second year in a row.
In the co-main event, lightweight prospect Islam Makhachev is welcoming UFC newcomer Arman Tsarukyan. Makhachev is riding a four-fight winning streak while Tsarukyan is currently on a 12-fight winning streak. The card also has some other interesting matchups as Antonina Shevchenko challenges the veteran Roxanne Modafferi, and Devin Clark welcomes Ivan Shtyrkov to the UFC.
The preliminary card airs on ESPN2 starting at 10 a.m. ET. Then the main card can be seen on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. ET. For Canadian viewers, the card airs in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card
Alistair Overeem vs. Alexey Oleynik — heavyweightIslam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan — lightweight
Sergei Pavlovich vs. Marcelo Golm — heavyweight
Ivan Shtyrkov vs. Devin Clark — light heavyweight
Roxanne Modafferi vs. Antonina Shevchenko — women’s flyweight
Krzysztof Jotko vs. Alen Amedovski — middleweight
Prelims
Movsar Evloev vs. Sung Woo Choi— featherweightSultan Aliev vs. Keita Nakamura — welterweight
Alexander Yakovlev vs. Alex da Solva Coelho — lightweight
Marcin Tybura vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov — heavyweight
Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk — light heavyweight
Magomed Mustafaev vs. Rafael Fiziev — lightweight