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Prior to next week’s UFC 211 event, fans have a chance to see the fighters up close.
UFC 211 takes place next Saturday, May 13, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.
On Thursday, fans can attend the event’s open workouts, which include the four fighters in the pair of title bouts at the top of the card. Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) meets Jessica Andrade (16-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in the co-main event. Heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) takes on former champ Junior Dos Santos (18-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in a rematch in the headliner.
The fighters will work out and meet the media at Mohler MMA–Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Boxing, located at 2909 Canton Street, Suite C, in Dallas. Doors open to the public at 11 a.m. CT local time, and the fighters will take part in 30-minute increments starting with Andrade at 11:30 a.m., then Dos Santos, Jedrzejczyk and Miocic.
On Friday, fans have a bonus opportunity to get geared up for the first fights of the UFC’s summer schedule with its “Summer Kickoff” news conference. The event takes place at 4:30 p.m. CT, and doors open to the public at American Airlines Center in Dallas at 3:30 p.m. The event will feature UFC President Dana White, as well as UFC 212 strawweight contenders Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz; UFC Fight Night 111 headliners Holly Holm and Bethe Correia; UFC Fight Night 112 headliners Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee; and UFC 213 co-headliners Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw, who fight for Garbrandt’s bantamweight title. Other upcoming summer fights are expected to be announced at the event, as well.
Following the “Summer Kickoff” press conference, fans can stick around for UFC 211’s ceremonial weigh-ins. They take place at the same venue, and the first fighter is on the scale at 6 p.m. CT.
In addition, following the weigh-ins, there will be a special Q&A session with cast members of the Audience Network MMA-based TV drama “Kingdom” at 6:30 p.m., followed by a special one-hour presentation of the series’ final season premier at 7 p.m.
The full UFC 211 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos – for heavyweight title
- Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade – for strawweight title
- Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
- Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez
- Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET)
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
- Jason Knight vs. Chas Skelly
- David Branch vs. Krzysztof Jotko
- Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)
- Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
- Jared Gordon vs. Michel Quinones
- Rashad Coulter vs. Chase Sherman
- Enrique Barzola vs. Gabriel Benitez
- Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Joachim Christensen
UFC 211 takes place Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.
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