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UFC 287 goes down next weekend on Saturday, April 8.
After taking a week off following UFC San Antonio, the premier MMA promotion returns with a highly-anticipated event. 13 fights are currently booked to take place inside the Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Florida. The early preliminary card will be aired on ESPN+ at 6:00 p.m. ET, with the preliminary card following on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, and the main card ending the night on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET.
In the main event, Alex Pereira will look to defend the middleweight world championship for the first time in an immediate rematch against Israel Adesanya. The world-class strikers met in the octagon on November 12, 2022, with Pereira securing a fifth-round standing TKO to avoid a loss on the scorecards.
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The co-main event features hometown hero Jorge Masvidal hoping to get back on track after a disappointing performance against Colby Covington last time out. ‘Gamebred’ has been matched up against Gilbert Burns, who made a statement against Neil Magny in January. The top-ranked welterweights have an opportunity to potentially solidify a number-one contender fight in their next outing by emerging victorious on April 8.
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UFC 287 has three more bouts on the pay-per-view portion - Rob Font vs. Adrian Yanez, Kevin Holland vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio, and Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Christian Rodriguez. Font vs. Yanez and Holland vs. Ponzinibbio are intriguing stylistic matchups that should produce thrilling action. Meanwhile, Rosas Jr, the 18-year-old sensation, plans to use the platform to continue his rise to superstardom.
What fights are featured on the UFC 287 preliminary card?
Before the action-packed main card, the UFC 287 preliminary card is filled with fighters looking to increase their name value with an impressive performance. The featured prelim bout is a middleweight bout between Kelvin Gastelum vs. Chris Curtis. The matchup is worth being on the pay-per-view, but they will get more viewers on ESPN.
There are seven matchups before Gastelum vs. Curtis. Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Luana Pinheiro, Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman, Gerald Meerschaert vs. Joe Pyfer, Cynthia Calvillo vs. Lupita Godinez, Trey Ogden vs. Ignacio Bahamondes, Steve Garcia vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke, and Sam Hughes vs. Jaqueline Amorim.
