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With Bellator 170 in the rear-view mirror, the MMA spotlight now shifts to UFC Denver, a stacked card that will air on Fox this Saturday, January 28.<\/p>\n
This card will be headlined by a compelling women’s bantamweight showdown. In one corner, we’ll have dangerous Kyrgyzstani striker Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko. In the other, we’ll have grappling specialist Julianna Pena<\/a>, who is the first woman to ever win\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n UFC Denver’s co-main event, meanwhile, will see Colorado’s own Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone attempt to extend his welterweight win-streak to five. His opportunity to do so will come against the ever-dangerous Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n The next biggest fight on the UFC Denver main card, finally, will occur at heavyweight, where former champion Andrei Arlovski will look to correct a three-fight losing streak against hulking French prospect Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n In advance of this anticipated Fox card, the UFC has released the latest instalment of its popular series Road to the Octagon.\u00a0<\/em>In this edition of the series, we’re given a window into the lives and training camps of Shevchenko, Pena, Cowboy, Masvidal, Arlovski and Ngannou.<\/p>\n Watch it in full at the top of this article!<\/p>\n Shevchenko will step onto the canvas in Denver having defeated former champion Holly Holm in her last bout. In her most recent bout before that, she gave up a close decision to current champ Amanda Nunes. Pena, meanwhile, will enter the Octagon on a four-fight win-streak, having defeated\u00a0Jessica Rakoczy, Milana Dudieva, Jessica Eye and Cat Zingano since joining the UFC.<\/p>\n Cowboy will enter his co-main event battle with Masvidal on a four-fight streak, having stopped\u00a0Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, Rick Story and Matt Brown since moving up to welterweight. Masvidal, in contrast, will enter the fight on a two-fight streak, having decisioned Ross Pearson and TKO’d Jake Ellenberger<\/a> in his last two fights.<\/p>\n Arlovski, finally, has been defeated in his last three bouts, having been stopped by Stipe Miocic, Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett, while Ngannou has gone 4-0 since joining the UFC, finishing Luis Henrique, Curtis Blaydes,\u00a0Bojan Mihajlovic and Anthony Hamilton.<\/p>\n Which fight on the UFC Denver lineup are you most excited for? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/23\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n