Face Off! Usman Stares Down Masvidal!

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has cleared all the pre-fight hurdles (that we know of) for the upcoming UFC 261: “Usman vs. Masvidal 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, taking place this Sat. night (April 24, 2021) inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, where fans will return to the venue in full capacity.

With or without masks.

UFC 261 will be headlined by the 170-rematch between reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and bitter rival Jorge Masvidal, as “Gamebred” attempts to show the combat sports community how a full camp will change the outcome of their first go-round.

Check out their weigh-in staredown embedded above.

In the UFC 261 co-main event, also scheduled for five rounds of action, women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko makes her return to the Octagon for a Jessica Andrade title defense, shortly before women’s strawweight queenpin Zhang Weili goes head-to-head with ex-champ Rose Namajunas.

Peep their weigh-in face offs below:

Nothing left to do now except fight.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 261 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN2/ESPN+“Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the final PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.

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