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UFC Fight Night returns to the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, February, 5th. There will be a seven-fight prelim card that starts at 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The six-bout main card is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. ET also on ESPN+. The main event is a middleweight bout that features the No. 6 ranked Jack Hermansson against No. 7 Sean Strickland.
Hermansson enters with a 22-6 record but has run into some trouble in his recent fights. He is 2-2 over his last four fights which halted the momentum he had off of a four-fight win streak in 2018-2019. Most recently, he was able to defeat Edmen Shahbazyan by unanimous decision back in May of 2021. For Strickland, he has a 24-3 record and has fared much better in recent bouts. He has won his last five fights with combinations of unanimous decision wins and knockouts. In his last fight, he was victorious over Uriah Hall by unanimous decision in July of 2021.
UFC Fight Night: Hermasson vs. Strickland will be available for live stream on ESPN+. If you want to watch, you’ll need to purchase a subscription. If you purchase ESPN+ separately, it cost $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Or you can purchase it apart of the Disney+ bundle, which also features Hulu and ESPN+ for $13.99 per month.
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland main card, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Main event: #6 Jack Hermansson vs. #7 Sean Strickland, middleweight
- Punahele Soriano vs. Nick Maximov, middleweight
- Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Carlston Harris, welterweight
- Sam Alvey vs. Brendan Allen, light heavyweight
- Tresean Gore vs. Bryan Battle, middleweight
- Julian Erosa vs. Steven Peterson, featherweight
Preliminary card, 4 p.m., ESPN+
- Miles Johns vs. John Castaneda, bantamweight
- Hakeem Dawodu vs. Michael Trizano, featherweight
- Chidi Njokuani vs. Marc-Andre Barriault, middleweight
- Alexis Davis vs. Julija Stoliarenko, women’s bantamweight
- Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques, light heavyweight
- Jason Witt vs. Philip Rowe, welterweight
- Malcolm Gordon vs. Denys Bondar, flyweight