Glover Teixeira
The lineup is set for next week’s UFC Fight Night 73 lineup in Nashville, which includes 13 bouts on FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2 and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC Fight Night 73 takes place Aug. 8 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. It’s the UFC’s first event in Music City since 2012.
UFC Fight Night 73’s six-bout main card airs on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on FOX Sports 2 and UFC Fight Pass.
The headliner features two ranked 205-pounders with Glover Teixeira (22-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) vs.Ovince Saint Preux (18-6 MMA, 6-1 UFC). Teixeira, who looks to snap out of a two-skid following losses to then-champ Jon Jones and Phil Davis, is ranked No. 8 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light-heavyweight rankings, and Saint Preux, who’s won two straight bouts and seven of his past eight, is No. 9.
In the co-headliner, No. 10-ranked lightweight Michael Johnson (16-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC), who recently defeated Edson Barboza for his fourth straight win, meets No. 15-ranked Beneil Dariush (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), a surging contender who recently defeated Jim Miller and now looks for his fifth straight victory.
Rounding out the main card are middleweights Sam Alvey (26-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Derek Brunson(13-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC), heavyweights Timothy Johnson (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Jared Rosholt (12-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), middleweights Chris Camozzi (21-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) vs. Tom Watson (17-8 MMA, 2-4 UFC), and flyweights Ray Borg (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Geane Herrera (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET)
- Ovince Saint Preux vs. Glover Teixeira
- Beneil Dariush vs. Michael Johnson
- Sam Alvey vs. Derek Brunson
- Timothy Johnson vs. Jared Rosholt
- Chris Camozzi vs. Tom Watson
- Ray Borg vs. Geane Herrera
- Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Uriah Hall
- Sara McMann vs. Amanda Nunes
- Willie Gates vs. Dustin Ortiz
- Sirwan Kakai vs. Frankie Saenz
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