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Next month’s UFC on FOX 13 lineup is set with 13 fights in the desert.
UFC on FOX 13 takes place Saturday, Dec. 13, at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. The main card airs on FOX following prelims on FOX and UFC Fight Pass.
The first fight kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT local time) as part of a three-bout set of streamed contests on UFC Fight Pass. The show then transitions to FOX at 5 p.m. ET for six preliminary-card fights before a main card on FOX at 8 p.m. ET.
That main card features four fights – three of which are in the heavyweight division. In the heavyweight headliner, former champion Junior dos Santos (16-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who’s ranked No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie heavyweight rankings, takes on fast-rising contender and No. 8-ranked Stipe Miocic (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
In the co-headliner, No. 4 lightweight Rafael dos Anjos (22-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) meets No. 8 Nate Diaz (17-9 MMA, 12-7 UFC), and in another heavyweight feature, No. 9 Alistair Overeem (37-14 MMA, 2-3 UFC) meets No. 11 Stefan Struve (25-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC). To open the main card, “TUF 10″ vet Matt Mitrione (8-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) takes on former title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga (16-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC).
The preliminary card has some star power, as well, with a middleweight bout between Derek Brunson (12-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Ed Herman (22-10 MMA, 9-7 UFC); former WEC champion and Phoenix-based Jamie Varner vs. Drew Dober; and Joe Riggs (40-14 MMA, 4-4 UFC) returning to the company against the recently returned Ben Saunders (17-6-2 MMA, 5-3 UFC).
The UFC on FOX 13 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic
- Nate Diaz vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Alistair Overeem vs. Stefan Struve
- Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Matt Mitrione
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 5 p.m. ET)
- Willie Gates vs. John Moraga
- Claudia Gadelha vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
- Joe Riggs vs. Ben Saunders
- Drew Dober vs. Jamie Varner
- Derek Brunson vs. Ed Herman
- Bryan Barberena vs. Joe Ellenberger
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 3:30 p.m. ET)
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