
Jorge Masvidal is headed to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi to throw hands with Kamaru Usman on Saturday, and a new poster for UFC 251 is out as a result.
New poster features Masvidal
A few days ago, it was revealed that Gilbert Burns has tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result, he’s out of the main event fight with Usman. Not long after, it was reported that Masvidal was the front-runner to be the replacement, and since then, ‘Gamebred’s” signed up for the fight.
As a result, the new poster below has been dropped.
And you didn't think the island could get any bigger
@GamebredFighter is set to step in on six days notice.#InAbuDhabi @VisitAbuDhabi #UFC251 pic.twitter.com/wByAOK14ZB
— UFC (@ufc) July 6, 2020
UFC 251 line-up
Here is the revised line-up for the July 11th card.
Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal – for welterweight title
Champ Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – for vacant bantamweight title
Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
Muslim Salikhov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
Roman Bogatov vs. Leonardo Santos
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
Alexander Romanov vs. Marcin Tybura
Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Vanessa Melo vs. Karol Rosa
Martin Day vs. Davey Grant
Card via MMA Junkie