Main Card at 7 p.m. ET, Prelims at 4 p.m., All Only on ESPN+
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Exclusive to ESPN+, UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland will be live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas this Saturday, Feb. 5, with the main card at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, preceded by the Prelims at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. Live coverage includes UFC Live presented by DraftKings: Hermansson vs. Strickland on ESPN2 Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET and will provide fans with exclusive insights and views on the biggest stories heading into Fight Night.
The main event is a middleweight bout between No. 6 Jack Hermansson (22-6) and No. 7 Sean Strickland (24-3). With a win, both fighters hope to soon face against reigning division champion Israel Adesanya. Hermansson’s nine middleweight victories since 2016, including six of his last eight fights, are the second most in the division, behind only Adesanya’s 10. Strickland is riding a five-fight winning streak, the second longest in the division, only trailing Adesanya (10).
The co-main features middleweights Punahele Soriano (8-1) and Nick Maximov (7-0). Dana White’s Contender Series alum Soriano has ended seven of his wins in the first round, two within 45 seconds. Undefeated Maximov has won three times with a first-round finish.
Brendan Fitzgerald will call the action, alongside Paul Felder and UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping. Megan Olivia will serve as reporter.
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Programming (All times ET)
| Fri., 2/4 | 4:30 | UFC Live presented by DraftKings:
Hermansson vs. Strickland |
ESPN2 |
| 5:05 | UFC Fight Night Pre-show presented by DraftKings:
Hermansson vs. Strickland |
ESPN+ | |
|
Sat., 2/5 |
4 p.m. | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
(Prelims) |
ESPN+ |
| 7 p.m. | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
(Main Card) |
ESPN+ | |
| 10 p.m.* | UFC Fight Night Post Show:
Hermansson vs. Strickland |
ESPN+ |
* immediately following main card
Main Card and Prelims (All times ET)
| ESPN+ | 7 p.m. | Main | Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland |
| Co-Main | Punahele Soriano vs. Nick Maximov | ||
| Undercard | Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Carlston Harris | ||
| Undercard | Sam Alvey vs. Brendan Allen | ||
| Undercard | Tresean Gore vs. Bryan Battle | ||
| Undercard | Julian Erosa vs. Steven Peterson | ||
| ESPN+ | 4 p.m. | Feature | Miles Johns vs. John Castaneda |
| Undercard | Hakeem Dawodu vs. Michael Trizano | ||
| Undercard | Chidi Njokuani vs. Marc-Andre Barriault | ||
| Undercard | Alexis Davis vs. Julija Stoliarenko | ||
| Undercard | Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques | ||
| Undercard | Jason Witt vs. Phil Rowe | ||
| Undercard | Malcolm Gordon vs. Denys Bondar |
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