This week’s UFC event in China could actually be pretty fun, especially when it comes to showcasing the UFC’s strong run of prospects from the nation. While a somewhat questionably rematch between Curtis Blaydes vs. Francis Ngannou takes the headline slot, and a prospect vs. veteran fight between Alistair Overeem & Sergey Pavlovich gets the co-main, Song Yadong, Li Jingliang, Kenan Song, and Weili Zhang, and Liu Pingyuan will all get a chance to shine. It’s just too bad it starts in the middle of the night for the US crowd.
There’s no separate prelim Vivi this week, due to the constraints of the holiday. So instead we’ve just run through the prelim card to make quick picks.
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Here’s a look at the UFC Beijing fight card as it stands right now:
FIGHT PASS MAIN CARD | 6:30am/3:30am ET&PT
Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou - 5:22
Alistair Overeem vs Sergei Pavlovich - 22:05
Song Yadong vs Vince Morales - 34:15
Li Jingliang vs David Zawada - 49:52
FIGHT PASS PRELIMS | 3:15am/12:15am ET&PT
Song Kenan vs. Alex Morono
Wu Yanan vs. Lauren Mueller
Hu Yaozong vs. Rashad Coulter
Weili Zhang vs. Jessica Aguilar
Pingyuan Liu vs. Martin Day
Yan Xiaonan vs. Syuri Kondo
Kevin Holland vs. John Phillips
Louis Smolka vs. Sumudaerji