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The Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois fight card is set with with a main event battle for Britain atop the festivities.

This Saturday, Joshua and Dubois face off in a 12-round heavyweight contest with Dubois’s IBF heavyweight title on the line. The event takes place at Wembley Arena in London, with the undercard set to kick off at 11 a.m. ET.

The event is available for purchase for $ 19.99 on PPV.COM or DAZN.

Joshua and Dubois are expected to make their walks to the ring around 5 p.m. ET. The winner of this highly anticipated heavyweight clash is expected to face the winner of the upcoming undisputed heavyweight championship rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, which takes place on Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In the co-main event, Tyler Denny takes on Hamza Sheeraz for Denny’s European middleweight title, and an IBF super featherweight title bout between Anthony Cacace and Josh Warrington will also take place on the undercard.

Check out the full Joshua vs. Dubois fight card below.

Fight Card (PPV.com at 11 a.m. ET)

Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois — IBF heavyweight title fight

Tyler Denny vs. Hamza Sheeraz — EBU European middleweight title fight

Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington — IBF and IBO super featherweight title fight

Ishmael Davis vs. Josh Kelly — 12-round middleweight fight

Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson — WBO interim light heavyweight title fight

Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley — 10-round lightweight fight

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Brandon Moreno is ringing in the UFC’s return to Alberta.

The two-time men’s flyweight champion faces Amir Albazi in the main event of UFC Edmonton, which takes place at Rogers Place on Nov. 2. In the co-main event, top women’s flyweight contenders Erin Blanchfield and Rose Namajunas face off.

The UFC announced the full 13-fight card Wednesday via a press release.

Moreno vs. Albazi, which was previously announced, sees two contenders at a crossroads, with Moreno looking to bounce back following a pair of close split decision losses to Brandon Royval and Alexandre Pantoja, the former ending Moreno’s second reign as flyweight champion. On the other side, Albazi is coming off of a win over Kai Kara-France that extended his current streak to six, but it will be 17 months since his most recent fight when he steps into the cage in November.

Blanchfield is coming off of her first UFC loss. After winning six straight fights for the promotion, “Cold Blooded” dropped a unanimous decision to Manon Fiorot this past March. She takes on Namajunas, the two-time strawweight champion looking to earn a shot at flyweight gold with a third straight win.

This marks the UFC’s first visit to Edmonton since UFC 240 on July 27, 2019, when Max Holloway defeated Frankie Edgar in the main event.

See the current UFC Edmonton lineup below (bout order still to be finalized):

Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi

Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas

Derrick Lewis vs. Jhonata Diniz

Alexandr Romanov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

Aiemann Zahabi vs. Pedro Munhoz

Chad Anheliger vs. Cody Gibson

Mike Malott vs. Trevin Giles

Caio Machado vs. Brendson Ribeiro

Ariane da Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

Serhiy Sidey vs. Garrett Armfield

Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Ivana Petrovic

Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Dustin Stoltzfus

Charles Jourdain vs. Victor Henry

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PFL co-founder Donn Davis is making big claims, even bigger than UFC CEO Dana White did about his debut at Sphere for UFC 306.

The PFL returns to pay-per-view on Oct. 19 for their PFL: Ngannou vs. Ferreira card headlined by Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira, with Cris Cyborg set to battle Larissa Pacheco in the co-main event. Davis claims that the card, which takes place in Saudi Arabia, is not only a better card than UFC 306, but it’s more of a financial undertaking as well.

“I think you have the most interesting men’s fight, and the most interesting women’s fight [of the year],” Davis told the New York Post. “So, first of all, I believe this is the biggest event possible in MMA because of the co-mains, this year in 2024, and that makes it, certainly, the biggest thing for PFL. The UFC is the bigger company, but we’re putting on the bigger event. So this is a big deal for us. Our No. 1 metric is putting on the highest quality MMA fight for fans in the world. We want to show fans that we can put on just as good, or better of a product than anyone else in the world. That’s metric No. 1.

“Metric No. 2, we want to do OK financially, just OK financially. The cost of this fight is astronomical. Dana White talks about his $ 20 million Sphere event, this is more. Fighters make more, the card here has more big fights coming. This cost to us is more than his cost to the Sphere.”

White, fresh off of the memorable spectacle that was UFC 306, was asked about Davis’ comments following Tuesday night’s Contender Series card. As expected, White had a good laugh at it.

“I didn’t even know who he was until you said it,” White responded. “Sounds like a good idea. Good for him. Good luck, hope it all works out.”

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Let’s try this again … reigning heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, will (finally) make his Octagon return to defend his 265-pound strap against former division titleholder, Stipe Miocic, in the UFC 309 main event this November in “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” But will “Bones” retire after defending his crown? We’ll find out in just a few weeks!

Event: UFC 309: “Jones vs. Miocic”
Date: Sat., Nov. 16, 2024
Location: Madison Square Garden in New York City
Start times: ESPN+ PPV, ESPNN, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)

UFC 309 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:

265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

UFC 309 Main Card, Prelims on ESPN+ PPV, ESPNN, ESPN+:

155 lbs.: Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler 2
185 lbs.: Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig
185 lbs.: Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders
125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva
205 lbs.: Nikita Krylov vs. Azamat Murzakanov
125 lbs.: Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura
135 lbs.: Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
170 lbs.: Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj

*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change.*

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