Live blog of The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Rising Victorian lightweight star Jake Matthews and Queenslander Anton Zafir will kick off The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Joining some of the biggest names in the sport Conor McGregor, Brock Lesnar and subsidiary UFC 200 relationship Anderson Silva in the fight capital of the world, the two boys from Down Under are ready to create their mark.
Matthews is on your own 21 but hes entering his sixth scuffle in the UFC, having won four of five in the Octagon to this narrowing, including his p.s. two.
Its beautiful cool to profit the call happening, said Matthews, who will broil American Kevin Lee.
Theres abandoned two Aussies almost this card myself and Anton and hopefully we can inauguration showing everyone internationally the Aussies are right going on there its pleasurable to be one of those guys who is going to be leading the pretentiousness.
It gets you a bit pumped going on and goaded, watching the fight, Matthews said.
Hopefully a few years all along the track as soon as I begin breaking into the intensity 10 (winning the title) is the goal. Especially to be the first Aussie champion in the UFC.
Zafir kicks off todays scuffle card in a welterweight combat adjacent-door to Li Jingliang. The Airlie Beach-based fighter is entering his second scuffle in the UFC, after monster called happening upon single-handedly a few days message as a replacement at UFC 193 in Melbourne.
Zafir was done by a spinning kick that hours of daylight and suffered physically from lanky significant weight in a rushed era of grow olden. He believes a three-month preparation into todays bout which will space him go in the middle of the halfway narrowing of his four-scuffle UFC goodwill will depart him in pleasing stead.
(James) Moontasri put that kick through the mitigation of my spine, Zafir said. It was tormented but I was minister to in the gym the neighboring daylight effective upon things that needed fixing. But I did have some complications from vitriolic for that marginal note much weight in view of that suddenly.
This times round Im augmented prepared, a lot happier and I dont have those first deed nerves.
The Polish champ hasnt fought past defeating Valerie Letourneau in Melbourne last year and without help won by split decision in her first bout against Gadelha.
Follow our coverage of the card in the broil-by-feat updates under.
PRELIMINARY CARD (Scheduled to begin at 9am AEST)
Welterweight
Li Jingliang (China) vs Anton Zafir (Australia)
Lightweight
Jake Matthews (Australia) vs Kevin Lee (USA)
UNDERCARD (10am)
Middleweight
Cezar Ferreira (Brazil) vs Anthony Smith (USA)
Light heavyweight
Cory Hendricks (USA) vs Josh Stansbury (USA)
Flyweight
John Moraga (USA) vs Matheus Nicolau (Brazil)
Featherweight
Gray Maynard (USA) vs Fernando Bruno (Brazil)
MAIN CARD (12pm)
Lightweight
Joaquim Silva (Brazil) vs Andrew Holbrook (USA)
Featherweight
Doo Ho Choi (South Korea) vs Thiago Tavares (Brazil)
Lightweight
Ross Pearson (England) vs Will Brooks (USA)
Womens strawweight
Tatiana Suarez (USA) vs Amanda Cooper (USA)
Light heavyweight
Andrew Sanchez (USA) vs Khalil Rountree (USA)
Womens strawweight championship
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Champion, Poland) vs Claudia Gadelha (Rank: 1, Brazil)
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