It's a milestone event for the UFC as it presents UFC 200 live Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The show has had its share of difficulties as the planned Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz fight was called off after the former got into a tiff with UFC president Dana White over promoting the bout. The intended second main event, which would have pit Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier, was called off after the former violated a drug test.
Now, the show will be co-headlined by a men's heavyweight bout and a women's bantamweight fight. Brock Lesnar will return to the Octagon for the first time since 2011 and battle Mark Hunt, while Miesha Tate will defend her women's bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes.
Lesnar, who is also still under contract with the WWE, retired back in 2011 due to a bout with diverticulitis, but the former UFC heavyweight champion will return to the cage for one night only in a cross-promotion deal between the UFC and WWE.
Cormier, meanwhile, will face Anderson Silva in a lightweight bout and 12 fights highlight the card.
Lesnar is confident he'll defeat Hunt despite his five-year layoff.
"The guys that sit in this chair and can give predictions on what they're gonna do and how they're gonna do it, to me they're just blowing smoke," Lesnar told Paul Heyman in a 'Fight Week' interview. "My prediction is, in my heart and my true honest feelings, I'm just going to win. How that happens? I have no idea. I feel well prepared, I'm excited, I'm calm... before the storm, and there will be a storm."
Event Details & Live Stream
Event: UFC 200
Time: 10 p.m. ET (main card)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.
Watch Online: The initial prelims can be live streamed for free here. The prelminary card can be live streamed for free here. The main card can be live streamed here.
UFC 200 Card
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Lauzon (lightweight)
Gegard Mousiasi vs. Thiago Santos (middleweight)
Jim Miller vs. Takanori Gomi (heavyweight)
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Cat Zingano vs. Julianna Pena (women's bantamweight)
Johnny Hendricks vs. Kevin Gastelum (Catchweight)
T.J. Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assuncao (bantamweight)
Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marin (lightweight)
Main Card (PPV)
Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes (women's bantamweight championship)
Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt (heavyweight)
Daniel Cormier vs. Anderson Silva (lightheavyweight title)
Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne
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