UFC 255 poster released: Champs Deiveson Figueiredo, Valentina Shevchenko survey to defend

By Blue Corner |

October 30, 2020 11: 05 pm

A UFC flyweight title doubleheader will again atop the UFC 255 card in November.

Males’s champion Deiveson Figueiredo (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against Alex Perez (23-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the predominant tournament, whereas females’s champ Valentina Shevchenko (19-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) meets Jennifer Maia (18-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in the co-headliner.

UFC 255 takes predicament Nov. 21 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The principle card airs on pay-per-glance following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

With lower than one month to head, the promotion on Friday released the unswerving poster for UFC 255, which might be viewed below (through Twitter):

Maybe the most trendy UFC 255 lineup involves:

Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alex Perez – for flyweight title
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jennifer Maia – for females’s flyweight title
Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Vera
Mike Perry vs. opponent TBA
Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval
Paul Craig vs. Mauricio Rua
Ariane Lipski vs. Antonina Shevchenko
Jared Gooden vs. Alan Jouban
Joaquin Buckley vs. Jordan Wright
Kyle Daukaus vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
Orion Cosce vs. Nicolas Dalby

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