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Two of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s premiere heavyweights have been summoned to the Octagon to headline UFC on ESPN 11 this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. There, Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov will tangle in an effort to remain in title contention while the Daniel Cormier-Stipe Miocic trilogy plays out.

Blaydes finds himself on a three-fight winning streak. The 29-year-old Elevation Fight Team export last appeared at UFC Fight Night 166, where he cut down Junior dos Santos with second-round punches on Jan. 25. Blaydes has compiled a 9-2 record in the UFC, having lost only to divisional boogeyman Francis Ngannou. Viewed by many as the future of the weight class, he has secured 10 of his 13 career victories by knockout or technical knockout.

Volkov, 31, has rattled off seven wins in eight outings, a Hail Mary knockout loss to Derrick Lewis the lone outlier. The former Bellator MMA champion last competed at UFC Fight Night 163 in November, when he took a three-round unanimous decision from American Top Team’s Greg Hardy. Volkov, who stands 6-foot-7, sports 23 finishes among his 31 professional victories.

UFC on ESPN 11 “Blaydes vs. Volkov”—which airs live on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT—will also feature a featherweight co-main event matching Josh Emmett with Shane Burgos, a women’s bantamweight clash pitting Raquel Pennington against Marion Reneau, a welterweight scrap pairing Belal Muhammad with Lyman Good and a 160-pound catchweight affair slotting Jim Miller opposite Roosevelt Roberts. ESPN will also provide coverage of the entire seven-fight undercard at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.

A closer look at the UFC on ESPN 11 “Blaydes vs. Volkov” particulars:

THE LINEUP

265: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov
145: Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos
135: Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau
170: Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good
160: Roosevelt Roberts vs. Jim Miller
155: Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green
115: Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren
185: Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota
125: Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson
125: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy
155: Austin Hubbard vs. Max Rohskopf
155: Frank Camacho vs. Justin Jaynes

THE RUNDOWN

• Main Card Preview
• Prelims Preview
• Weigh-in Report
• Prime Picks
• The Big Picture: Small Cages and Squash Matches

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