Soon, it's finally time for the UFC to host its first gala on Fight Island - and what a crazy UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal seems to be!
The Grand Gala offers no less than three title matches and this year's most star-packed match card. The first of the three title meetings goes into bantamweight, where Petr Yan settles with legend José José Aldo about the vacant belt that Henry Cejudo recently left.
Then we are offered a really exciting rematch, where former champion Max Holloway will try to take back his featherweight title from Alexander Volkanovski, who defeated Holloway in December.
Last out is the match everyone has been waiting for - Kamaru "The Nigerian Nightmare" Usman defends his welterweight title against the superstar and BMF champion Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal. Usman should have been against Gilbert Burns, but the latter tested positive for covid-19 and was forced to withdraw from the meeting.
In addition, a dozen big matches will take place during the night, such as the exciting light heavyweight meeting between Volkan Oezdemir and Jiri Prochazka, and a strawweight rematch between former champions Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade.
In addition, Swedish favorite Makwan Amirkhani will take on Danny Henry on the undercard - check out all the matches below!
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal - Full Match Card:
Main Card:
Welterweight title match: (c) Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight title match: (c) Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway
Bantamweight title match: Petr Yan vs. José Aldo
Strawweight (ladies): Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
Flight weight (ladies): Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
In Brief:
Light Heavyweight: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
Weltervikt: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov
Featherweight: Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
Lightweight: Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov
Early undercard:
Flight Weight: Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Bantamweight (Ladies): Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo
Bantamweight: Davey Grant vs. Martin Da