UFC action is back for the second straight week inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada as UFC On ESPN+ 88: Yusuff vs. Barboza takes place.
In the main event, it is a five-round battle in the featherweight division as Sodiq Yusuff takes on Edson Barboza. Yusuff is in his first main event and looking to extend his two-fight win streak. Barboza, one of the longest tenured fighters on the UFC roster, steps inside the Octagon for the 29th time looking to make a run at title contention.
In the co-main event, former title challenger Jennifer Maia takes on Viviane Araujo in a women's flyweight bout. Also on the main card is a bantamweight battle between ranked fighters Jonathan Martinez and Adrian Yanez, a middleweight fight pitting Andre Petroski against Michel Pereira, and a battle of bantamweight prospects as Christian Rodriguez takes on Cameron Saaiman.
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> Women's Strawweights- Ashley Yoder (8-8, 3-7 UFC) vs. Emily Ducote (12-8, 1-2 UFC)
> Bantamweights- #15 Chris Gutierrez (19-4-2, 7-2-1 UFC) vs. Alatengheili (16-8-2, 4-1-1 UFC)
> Women's Bantamweights- Irina Alekseeva (5-1, 1-0 UFC) vs. Melissa Dixon (5-0, 0-0 UFC)
> Lightweights- Terrance McKinney (14-6, 4-3 UFC) vs. Brendon Marotte (8-1, 0-0 UFC)
> Women's Bantamweights- Tainara Lisboa (6-2, 1-0 UFC) vs. Ravena Oliveira (7-1-1, 0-0 UFC)
> Featherweights- Darren Elkins (27-11, 17-10 UFC) vs. TJ Brown (17-10, 3-4 UFC)
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> Bantamweights*- Christian Rodriguez (9-1, 2-1 UFC) vs. Cameron Saaiman (9-0, 3-0 UFC)
*Rodriguez missed weight by four pounds
> Middleweights- Andre Petroski (10-1, 5-0 UFC) vs. Michel Pereira (28-11 2 NC, 6-2 UFC)
> Bantamweights- #13 Jonathan Martinez (18-4, 9-3 UFC) vs. #14 Adrian Yanez (16-4, 5-1 UFC)
> Women's Flyweights- #9 Jennifer Maia (21-9-1, 6-5 UFC) vs. #11 Viviane Araujo (11-5, 5-4 UFC)
> Featherweights- #11 Sodiq Yusuff (13-2, 6-1 UFC) vs. #13 Edson Barboza (23-11, 17-11 UFC)
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