The lineup for
UFC on ESPN 42 appears to be nearly complete.
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The Las Vegas-based promotion officially announced 12 bouts for the
Dec. 3 card, including the previously reported welterweight
headliner between Stephen
Thompson and Kevin
Holland as well as a heavyweight co-main event pitting Tai Tuivasa
against Sergei
Pavlovich. The event will also include a middleweight showdown
between Derek
Brunson and Jack
Hermansson and a flyweight scrap between Matt
Schnell and Matheus
Nicolau.
A handful of other fights were also officially confirmed: Eryk Anders
vs. Kyle
Daukaus at middleweight; Natan Levy
vs. Genaro
Valdez at lightweight; Angela Hill
vs. Emily
Ducote at strawweight; Darren
Elkins vs. Jonathan
Pearce at featherweight and Marcleo Rojo vs. Francis
Marshall at featherweight.
UFC on ESPN 42 takes place at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. The
main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while
prelims begin on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.