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Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. With any luck, the commission will be on the lookout for
any errant skateboards ahead of this big Ultimate Fighting Championship rematch. Friday brought news of a high-stakes light heavyweight rematch,
courtesy of Ag.
Fight and later confirmed by multiple outlets. At UFC 274,
which will take place on May 7 at a currently undetermined
location, Ovince St.
Preux (25-16) will face Mauricio Rua
(27-12-1) for a second time. They first met in the main event of
UFC Fight Night 56 in 2014, and “OSP” knocked Rua out in 34 seconds
after “Shogun” missed with a right hand that made him fall
over.
St. Preux will be returning to the 205-pound division for this
fight, as he has jumped back and forth between light heavyweight
and heavyweight over the last two years. The Knoxville MMA fighter
did not win a fight up a weight class, going the distance with
Ben
Rothwell and suffering a knockout at the hands of Tanner
Boser. “OSP” will be aiming to snap a two-fight knockout loss
skid against Rua, and he will do so with an 80% finish rate in his
pocket.
This will be the first appearance for “Shogun” since he tapped to
strikes from Paul Craig
in November 2020. The 40-year-old from Brazil ended a three-fight
unbeaten stretch when he lost, which included a draw to the
aforementioned Craig. Topping St. Preux’s finish rate by a hair,
the 81% stoppage rate across a career that began in 2002 includes
wins inside the distance over the likes of Alistair
Overeem twice, Chuck
Liddell, Quinton
Jackson and Lyoto
Machida for the UFC light heavyweight strap.
The growing UFC 274 card brings with it an embarrassment of riches
for May 7 at a unknown venue in the U.S. Headlining the show is a
light heavyweight championship matchup between Glover
Teixeira and Jiri
Prochazka, while the co-main will put lightweight gold on the
line as champ Charles
Oliveira faces the fearsome Justin
Gaethje. Additional matchups on the billing include a flyweight
contest between Brandon
Royval and Matt
Schnell, a women’s featherweight match pitting Norma
Dumont against Macy
Chiasson and a lightweight thriller between Donald
Cerrone and Joe
Lauzon.
