Preview: A New Champion Will Be Crowned!

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Dominick Reyes will fight fellow top 205-pound contender Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight title, recently vacated by Jon Jones, in the UFC 253 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 26, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi.

Reyes (12-1) is coming off a razor-thin loss to Jones at UFC 247 back in February, which stands as the only defeat of his professional career. As for Blachowicz (26-8), he’s the winner of three straight, having recently stiffened Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 167.

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To see the complete UFC 253 fight card and line up click here. Fore more news and notes ahead of this weekend’s “Adesanya vs. Costa” event click here.