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Brett OkamotoESPN Staff Author
- MMA columnist for ESPN.com
- Analyst for “MMA Dwell”
- Covered MMA for Las Vegas Solar
UFC president Dana White has announced the dependable lineup for a UFC 250 pay-per-leer match on June 6 in Las Vegas.
White revealed the 11-bout card on SportsCenter on Wednesday. The main match will feature two-weight champion Amanda Nunes, who will detect to defend her 145-pound featherweight title against Felicia Spencer. UFC 250 will discover situation on the UFC’s Apex facility, without followers in attendance thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nunes (19-4) is broadly regarded because the No. 1 pound-for-pound female on this planet, and arguably the splendid female fighter of all time. The native of Brazil acquired the 135-pound bantamweight title in 2016, and added the featherweight belt to her résumé in 2018.
Spencer (8-1), a Canada native scuffling with out of Orlando, Florida, has by no technique fought below the 145-pound weight limit — and has, indubitably, competed as high as 155 and 170 kilos. She is 2-1 within the UFC.
Other primary bouts consist of old bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt (11-3) taking on Raphael Assuncao (27-7) within the co-main match, as properly as one other marquee bantamweight matchup between Aljamain Sterling (18-3) and Cory Sandhagen (12-1). One other rising bantamweight in Sean O’Malley (11-0) will furthermore compete on the cardboard, against Eddie Wineland.
The fats UFC 250 lineup is as follows:
Light heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark
Flyweight: Jussier Formiga vs. Alex Perez
Middleweight: Charles Byrd vs. Maki Pitolo
Featherweight: Cody Stamann vs. Brian Kelleher
Middleweight: Ian Heinisch vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Featherweight: Alex Caceres vs. Fling Hooper
Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland vs. Sean O’Malley
Welterweight: Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Bantamweight: Aljamain Sterling vs. Cory Sandhagen
Bantamweight: Raphael Assuncao vs. Cody Garbrandt
Featherweight championship: Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer