9-Fight Card announced for UFC May 13th Fight Night
Dana White the UFC’s head honcho made has announced the entire card for the promotions second event of three planned for next month in Jacksonville.
As had been rumored former light-heavyweight title challengers, number 3 ranked contender Anthony “Lionheart” Smith faces number 8 ranked Glover Teixeira. In the co-main event slot Ovince St. Preux moves up to heavyweight for an encounter with “Big” Ben Rothwell, who’ll be having his 50th fight. At lightweight number 15 ranked Alexander Hernandez faces Drew Dober, whose won five of his last six fights. Former flyweight title challenger Ray Borg faces meets former LFA champion Rick Simon. The prelims are topped off by former champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski welcomes PFL 1 heavyweight winner Phillipe Lins to the octagon.
The event will take place at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The prelims will be streamed on ESPN+ with the main card on ESPN.
Main Card
- Light-heavyweight Bout: Anthony Smith (33-14) vs. Glover Teixeira (30-7)
- Heavyweight Bout: Ovince St. Preux (24-13) vs. Ben Rothwell (37-12)
- Lightweight Bout: Alexander Hernandez (11-2) vs. Drew Dober (22-9)
- Bantamweight Bout: Ray Borg (13-4) vs. Ricky Simon (15-3)
- Middleweight Bout: Karl Roberson (9-2) vs. Marvin Vettori (14-3-1)
Prelims
- Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Arlovski (28-19) vs. Phillipe Lins (14-3)
- Lightweight Bout: Michael Johnson (19-15) vs. Thiago Moises (12-4)
- Women’s Bantamwight Bout: Sijara Eubanks (4-4) vs. Sarah Moras (6-5)
- Bantamweight Bout: Hunter Azure (8-0) vs. Brian Kelleher (20-10)
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