he event will be held on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi tomorrow night (July 11). No fans will be in attendance. Headlining the card will be a welterweight title clash between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal. The co-main event will see a featherweight title rematch as champion Alex Volkanovski shares the Octagon with Max Holloway a second time. Also featured on the main card will be a battle for the vacant bantamweight gold between Petr Yan and Jose Aldo.


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MMA News continues to keep you posted on the latest UFC 251 updates. Earlier today, we covered the weigh-ins, which you can see the results for here. Myself, Ed Carbajal, and Andrew Ravens have once again linked up to provide main card predictions for UFC 251.

Take a look at the bouts set for the main card:

Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal – welterweight title fight
Alex Volkanovski (c) vs. Max Holloway – featherweight title fight
Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – bantamweight title fight
Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas – strawweight bout
Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant – flyweight bout

Fernando Quiles Jr.: The highly anticipated title bout between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal is finally here. With Masvidal stepping in on short notice, I expect this one to be tougher for Usman than it had been if he was preparing for “Gamebred” all along. While Masvidal and Gilbert Burns are similar in some ways stylistically, it’s safe to say that Usman was preparing for the high-level ground game of Burns. While “Durinho’s” standup is not to be overlooked, Masvidal’s striking is world-class in MMA. Usman can hold his own on the feet but he’ll have to mix things up and potentially go to the well with his grappling. I think he gets the job done but it won’t be easy. (Prediction: Kamaru Usman)