Top-shelf middleweights with their fingers on the pulse of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 185-pound weight class will take aim at one another when Jared Cannonier meets Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC on ESPN 29 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Clay Guida confronts undefeated Olympic silver medalist Mark O. Madsen in the three-round lightweight co-main event.
UFC on ESPN “Cannonier vs. Gastelum”—which airs live on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—will also feature a heavyweight tilt pairing Parker Porter with Chase Sherman, a bantamweight affair slotting Trevin Jones opposite Saidyokub Kakhramonov, a lightweight scrap matching Austin Hubbard with Vinc Pichela and a flyweight battle pitting Alexandre Pantoja against Brandon Royval. ESPN2 will carry the undercard in its entirety at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, a featherweight duel between Austin Lingo and Luis Saldana anchoring the six-fight preliminary slate.
A closer look at the UFC on ESPN 29 particulars:
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THE LINEUP
185: Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum155: Clay Guida vs. Mark O. Madsen
265: Parker Porter vs. Chase Sherman
135: Trevin Jones vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov
155: Austin Hubbard vs. Vinc Pichel
125: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
145: Austin Lingo vs. Luis Saldana
135: Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte
135: Bea Malecki vs. Josiane Nunes
205: Fabio Cherant vs. William Knight
155: Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Roosevelt Roberts
170: Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Sasha Palatnikov
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: The Main Card• Preview: The Prelims
• Weigh-in Report
• By The Numbers: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
• Rivalries: Clay Guida
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Austin Hubbard
• Stand and Deliver: Olympic-Level Pressure
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