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Yas Island in Abu Dhabi will play host to some great matches throughout the month of July.

The island allows UFC to promote some of its international athletes who cannot travel to the United States at this time because of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fight island matches are scheduled for July 11, 15, 18 and 25th.

UFC 251, the first of the events to take place on July 11, will feature three title bouts. Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will take on Gilbert Burns, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will defend his title against Max Holloway and Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo will take place for the vacant bantamweight title.

The main card for UFC 251 on ESPN+ pay-per-view will also feature a rematch between Jessica Andrade and Rose Namajunas, and Paige VanZant will take on surging newcomer, Amanda Ribas.

The UFC 251 prelims are stacked as well with the following fights:

Pedro Munhoz vs. Frankie Edgar
Jiří Procházka vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Raulian Paiva
Vanessa Melo vs. Karol Rosa
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov
Elizeu Zaleski vs. Muslim Salikhov
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov

UFC Fight Night, July 15th

A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will headline the card. Other matches booked include:

Carla Esparza vs. Marina Rodriguez
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Mounir Lazzez
Aleksander Doskalchuk vs. Tagir Ulanbekov
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Vincius Moreira
Chris Fishgold vs. Jared Gordon
Ariane Lipski vs. Luana Carolina
Molly McCann vs. Taila Santos
Liana Jojua vs. Diana Belbita
Ricardo Ramos vs. Lerone Murphy

UFC Fight Night, July 18th

Joseph Benavidez will battle Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant UFC flyweight title. Also on the card will be:

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Jack Hermansson
Marc Diakiese vs. Alan Patrick
Askar Askarov vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Roman Dolidze vs. Khadis Ibragimov
Carlos Felipe vs. Serghei Spivac
Davi Ramos vs. Arman Tsarukyan

UFC Fight Night, July 25th

The July 25th event will be headlined by a middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Darren Till. Other fights on the card will include:

Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 3
Justin Tafa vs. Raphael Pessoa
Mike Grundy vs. Movsar Evloev
Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kiazad
Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Nathaniel Wood
Ramazan Emeev vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov

Yas Island was the home to three previous UFC events: UFC 112 in 2010, a Fight Night in 2014 and UFC 242 last September. Occupying a total land area of twenty-five square kilometres, the manmade island has become the capital’s adrenaline hub. The island’s development project was initiated in 2006 by Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties. Yas Island’s Grand Prix attracts a global audience every November and many tourists visit year-round for the rides and simulations at Ferrari World, Warner Bros. World, and Waterworld.

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