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Top 10 featherweight contenders Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze figure to bring edge-of-your-seat violence to the table when they do battle in the UFC on ESPN 30 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Season 29 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series will reach its conclusion with two tournament finals, as Bryan Battle meets Gilbert Urbina at 185 pounds and Ricky Turcios faces Brady Hiestand at 135 pounds.
UFC on ESPN “Barboza vs. Chikadze”—which airs live on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—also features a welterweight duel pitting Kevin Lee against Daniel Rodriguez and a pair of middleweight affairs, as Andre Petroski confronts Micheal Gillmore and Gerald Meerschaert takes on Makmud Muradov. The undercard will stream in its entirety to ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, a middleweight tilt between Abdul Razak Alhassan and Alessio Di Chirico anchoring the six-fight slate of prelims.
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A closer look at the UFC on ESPN 30 particulars:
THE LINEUP
145: Edson Barboza vs. Giga Chikadze185: Bryan Battle vs. Gilbert Urbina
135: Ricky Turcios vs. Brady Hiestand
170: Kevin Lee vs. Daniel Rodriguez
185: Andre Petroski vs. Micheal Gillmore
185: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Makhmud Muradov
185: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Alessio Di Chirico
185: Sam Alvey vs. Wellington Turman
205: Dustin Jacoby vs. Darren Stewart
125: J.J. Aldrich vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
145: Pat Sabatini vs. Jamall Emmers
135: Leomana Martinez vs. Guido Cannetti
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: The Main Card• Preview: The Prelims
• By The Numbers: Barboza vs. Chikadze
• Rivalries: Edson Barboza
• Stand and Deliver: UFC on ESPN 30
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