UFC Fight Night Presented by Modelo: Strickland vs. Magomedov Live from UFC APEX: Saturday, July 1 on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ and SiriusXM Fight Nation

Main Card at 7 p.m. ET, Prelims at 4 p.m. ET
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UFC action continues this weekend with UFC Fight Night Presented by Modelo: Strickland vs. Magomedov, live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas this Saturday, July 1 on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and SiriusXM Fight Nation, with the main card at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT and Prelims beginning at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. Live coverage begins Friday with UFC Live presented by DraftKings Sportsbook: Strickland vs. Magomedov at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2, providing fans with exclusive insights and views heading into Fight Night.
Top ranked UFC middleweight contenders No. 7 Sean Strickland (26-5) and Abus Magomedov (25-4) meet in the main event. Veteran Strickland steps into his fifth UFC main event as he aims to climb up into the division’s Top 5 and reinsert his name into the title contention conversation. Up and comer Magomedov looks to deliver a statement victory in his first UFC main event and break into the division’s rankings.
The co-main event features a lightweight bout between contenders No. 12 Damir Ismagulov (24-2) and No. 15 Grant Dawson (19-1). Ismagulov aims to deliver a strong win in his first bout of the year and continue climbing the rankings while Dana White’s Contender Series’ Dawson looks to display a show stealing performance against Ismagulov.
Brendan Fitzgerald will call the action, joined by Laura Sanko and former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Charly Arnolt will handle reporting duties.
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Programming (All times ET)
Fri. 6/30 | 5 p.m. | UFC Live presented by DraftKings Sportsbook: Strickland vs. Magomedov | ESPN2 |
5:35 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Pre-Show Presented by DraftKings Sportsbook: Strickland vs. Magomedov | ESPN+ | |
Sat. 7/1 | 4 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Presented by Modelo: Strickland vs. Magomedov (Prelims) | ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ (English & Spanish) SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156 |
7 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Presented by Modelo: Strickland vs. Magomedov (Main Card) | ||
10 p.m.* | UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show presented by DraftKings Sportsbook: Strickland vs. Magomedov | ESPN+ SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156 |
*Immediately following Main Event.
Main Card and Prelims (All times ET)
7 p.m. | Main | Sean Strickland vs. Abus Magomedov |
Co-Main | Damir Ismagulov vs. Grant Dawson | |
Undercard | Max Griffin vs. Michael Morales | |
Undercard | Ariane Lipski vs. Melissa Gato | |
Undercard | Ismael Bonfim vs. Benoit Saint Denis | |
Undercard | Brunno Ferreira vs. Nursulton Ruziboev | |
4 p.m. | Feature | Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov |
Undercard | Joanderson Brito vs. Westin Wilson | |
Undercard | Yana Santos vs. Karol Rosa | |
Undercard | Guram Kutateladze vs. Elves Brener | |
Undercard | Ivana Petrovic vs. Luana Carolina | |
Undercard | Alexandr Romanov vs. Blagoy Ivanov |