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Las Vegas, NV (December 4th, 2021)– UFC Fight Night presented by Modelo: Font vs. Aldo airs live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas this Saturday, Dec. 4, with both the prelims and the main card on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ (English and Spanish), at 7 p.m. ET and at 10 p.m. ET, respectively. Live coverage includes UFC Fight Night Pre-Show presented by Jose Cuervo Tequila: Font vs. Aldo on Friday at 6:05 p.m. ET on ESPN+ providing fans with exclusive insights and views on the biggest stories heading into Fight Night.
The main event is a key UFC bantamweight bout where the winner could be in position to challenge for the title next year. Rob Font (19-4) is ranked No. 4 and will face Jose Aldo (30-7), the former featherweight champ now ranked No. 5 at 135 lbs. Font, at 34, is performing the best of his career. He has won four straight fights, including impressive performances over former champ Cody Garbrandt and title challenger Marlon Moraes. Aldo, 35, has a pair of wins since falling to now-interim champion Petr Yan in a fight for the vacant title at UFC 251. One of the great champions in MMA history, he held the 145-lb. title for six years, 2009 – 2014.
The co-main bout pits Brad Riddell (10-1) against Rafael Fiziev (10-1) in a lightweight match. The two are friends, dating from their time training in Thailand together more than four years ago. To Riddell, that won’t be a factor once they step into the Octagon. “It’s just business,” he says. “I want to make money to feed my kids, and he wants to make money to feed his kids. He wants to be the champ. So do I. So you just think about that instead of thinking about the fact that we’re mates – just think about it as like healthy competition. And in my opinion, he’s one of the best in the top 15, for sure, and so I want to test myself against him.”
Calling the action will be play-by-play announcer Jon Anik, alongside two former fighters as analysts, former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping. Heidi Androl will serve as the reporter.
All 28 remaining fighters competing at UFC Vegas 44 successfully made weight, including lightweight co-headliners No. 12-ranked Brad Riddell and No. 13-ranked Rafael Fiziev.
See the UFC Vegas 44 weigh-in results below:
Main Card (ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET)
Rob Font (134) vs. Jose Aldo (136)
Brad Riddell (155.5) vs. Rafael Fiziev (155.5)
Jim Crute (205.5) vs. Jamahal Hill (205)
Clay Guida (155) vs. Leonardo Santos (156)
Brendan Allen (185.5) vs. Chris Curtis (185)
Mickey Gall (170.5) vs. Alex Morono (170.5)
Preliminary Card (ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Maki Pitolo (184.5) vs. Dusko Todorovic (185.5)
Manel Kape (125.5) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125.5)
Bryan Barberena (170.5) vs. Darian Weeks (170)
Jake Matthews (170) vs. Jeremiah Wells (170.5)
Cheyanne Vlismas (115.5) vs. Mallory Martin (115)
Alonzo Menifield (205.5) vs. William Knight (206)
Chris Gruetzemacher (156) vs. Claudio Puelles (155)
Azamat Murzakanov (216.5) vs. Jared Vanderaa (265)*
Vince Morales (135.5) vs. Louis Smolka (135.5)
*Murzakanov vs. Vanderaa has been cancelled due to Vanderaa not being medically cleared to compete
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