UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos 2 – Finalized fight card and lineup

By Tom Taylor - April 13, 2017

The next UFC pay-per-view on the horizon is UFC 211. This massive card will go down inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on May 13.

Stipe Miocic and Junior Dos Santos fight at UFC 211

UFC 211 will be headlined by a heavyweight title fight between reigning, defending champion Stipe Miocic and former champion Junior Dos Santos. This anticipated heavyweight title showdown will be a rematch of a late 2014 bout, which saw Dos Santos walk away with a hard fought unanimous decision win. Since this first battle with Dos Santos, Miocic has not lost, defeating Mark Hunt, Andrei Arlovski, Fabricio Werdum and Alistair Overeem, all by knockout or TKO. Dos Santos, meanwhile, has fought just twice since then, first losing to Alistair Overeem, then rebounding with a dominant decision defeat of Ben Rothwell.

UFC 211’s co-main event, meanwhile, will see UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk attempt to defend her title for a whopping fifth time against dangerous Brazilian contender Jessica Andrade, who has looked unstoppable since dropping from bantamweight to strawweight.

Other highlights of this stacked May 13 card include a welterweight battle between top contenders Demian Maia and Jorge Masvidal, a lightweight showdown between Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier, a featherweight fight between Frankie Edgar and Yair Rodriguez, a flyweight scrap between Henry Cejudo and Sergio Pettis, and the UFC return of former two-division WSOF champ David Branch, who will take on the 19-1 Krzysztof Jotko.

Here’s a full rundown of the finalized UFC 211 lineup, including broadcast locations and start times:

UFC 211 Main Card | 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT on Pay-Per-View

265 lbs.: Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight title
115 lbs.: Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade for the UFC strawweight title
170 lbs.: Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
145 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez
125 lbs.: Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis

UFC 211 Prelims | 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT on Fox Sports

155 lbs.: Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
145 lbs.: Jason Knight vs. Chas Skelly
185 lbs.: David Branch vs. Krzysztof Jotko
155 lbs.: Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick

UFC 211 Early Prelims | 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT on UFC Fight Pass

115 lbs.: Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
145 lbs.: Enrique Barzola vs. Gabriel Benitez

Which feature of the UFC 211 lineup are you most excited for? Sound off, PENN Nation!

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 4/13/2017.

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM


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