A UFC flyweight title doubleheader will serve atop the UFC 255 card in November.
Men’s champion Deiveson Figueiredo (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against Alex Perez (23-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the main event, while women’s champ Valentina Shevchenko (19-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) meets Jennifer Maia (18-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in the co-headliner.
UFC 255 takes place Nov. 21 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
With less than one month to go, the promotion on Friday released the official poster for UFC 255, which can be seen below (via Twitter):
The flyweight titles are on the line!
@Daico_Deiveson vs @AlexPerezMMA
Your #UFC255 poster has just been released. pic.twitter.com/fsSJrnBjPM
— UFC (@ufc) October 30, 2020
The latest UFC 255 lineup includes:
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alex Perez – for flyweight title
- Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jennifer Maia – for women’s flyweight title
- Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Vera
- Mike Perry vs. opponent TBA
- Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval
- Paul Craig vs. Mauricio Rua
- Ariane Lipski vs. Antonina Shevchenko
- Jared Gooden vs. Alan Jouban
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Jordan Wright
- Kyle Daukaus vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Orion Cosce vs. Nicolas Dalby
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