{"id":292071,"date":"2018-11-20T11:44:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T19:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292071"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:12:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:12:06","slug":"ufc-beijing-curtis-blaydes-vs-francis-ngannou-2-fight-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-beijing-curtis-blaydes-vs-francis-ngannou-2-fight-card\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Beijing: Curtis Blaydes vs. Francis Ngannou 2 fight card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next UFC event on the calendar is UFC Beijing, which goes down this Saturday morning in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>This UFC Beijing card will be headlined by a heavyweight rematch between top contender Curtis Blaydes and former title challenger Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>The pair first met in August of 2016. On the night of their first encounter, Ngannou defeated Blaydes by doctor stoppage. Since then, Blaydes has not lost, defeating Cody East,\u00a0Daniel Omiela\u0144czuk, Alexey Oleynik, Mark Hunt, and most recently, Alistair Overeem. Ngannou, meanwhile, followed his defeat of Blaydes with wins over\u00a0Bojan Mihajlovi\u0107, Anthony Hamilton, Andrei Arlovski, and Overeem. He then came up short in a title fight with Stipe Miocic, before losing a forgettable fight with Derrick Lewis in his last outing.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC Beijing co-main event will also occur in the heavyweight division, where the former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will welcome former FNG heavyweight champ Sergey Pavlovich to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the card, we&#8217;ll see appearances from a number of China&#8217;s top fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the UFC Beijing card as it currently stands.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>UFC Beijing Fight Card<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Main Card | 6:30am ET on UFC Fight Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Curtis Blaydes vs. Francis Ngannou<\/li>\n<li>Alistair Overeem vs. Sergei Pavlovich<\/li>\n<li>Song Yadon vs. Vince Morales<\/li>\n<li>Li Jingliang vs. David Zawada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prelims | 3:15am ET on UFC Fight Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Song Kenan vs. Alex Morono<\/li>\n<li>Wu Yanan vs. Lauren Mueller<\/li>\n<li>Hu Yaozong vs. Rashad Coulter<\/li>\n<li>Weili Zhang vs. Jessica Aguilar<\/li>\n<li>Yan Xiaonan vs. Syuri Kondo<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Holland vs. John Phillips<\/li>\n<li>Su Madaerji vs. Louis Smolka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which fight on the UFC Beijing bill are you most excited for?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/20\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next UFC event on the calendar is UFC Beijing, which goes down this Saturday morning in Beijing, China. 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