UFC 274 WIll HOST BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER AT THE FOOTPRINT CENTER

Kalum Vaughns March 31, 2022 in Sports, UFC Tagged Boxing News, Entertainment, ESPN, Featured, fight night, MMA, news, Sports, UFC, ufc 274 - 3 Minutes

UFC^® 274: OLIVEIRA vs. GAETHJE

HEADLINES UFC^® 274 AT FOOTPRINT CENTER

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 25

FEATURED BOUTS:

(C) CHARLES OLIVEIRA vs. (#1) JUSTIN GAETHJE

(C) ROSE NAMAJUNAS vs. (#2) CARLA ESPARZA

(#5) MICHAEL CHANDLER vs. (#7) TONY FERGUSON

Las Vegas – UFC^® returns to Phoenix with a championship doubleheader.

UFC^® 274: OLIVEIRA vs. GAETHJE will take place Saturday, May 7 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz.

Headlining the event will be UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira against No. 1 ranked contender Justin Gaethje.

In the co-main event, UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas versus No. 2 ranked Carla Esparza.

Also on the card, top lightweights No. 5 contender Michael Chandler versus No. 7 Tony Ferguson.

The prelims will continue exclusively on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT followed by the ESPN+ Pay-Per-View main card that will kick off at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

All bouts will be simulcast on ESPN+ in English and Spanish beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT with the ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass prelims.

Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. UFC Fight Club^®members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets Wednesday, March 23 at 10 a.m. PT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com.

UFC^® 274: OLIVEIRA vs. GAETHJE tickets are available for purchase at ticketmaster.com.

Additional bouts on the card include:

Flyweight action sees Tracy Cortez (9-1, fighting out of Scottsdale, Ariz.) face off with Melissa Gatto (8-0-2, fighting out of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
The legendary Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (27-12-1, fighting out of Curitiba, Brazil) rematches with Ovince Saint Preux (25-16, fighting out of Knoxville, Tenn.) at light heavyweight
Lightweight veterans finally battle when Donald Cerrone (36-16, 2 NC, fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M.) meets Joe Lauzon (28-16, fighting out of Bridgewater, Mass.)
No. 4 ranked flyweight contender Brandon Royval (13-6, fighting out of Lakewood, Colo.) and No. 9 ranked Matt Schnell (15-5, 1 NC, fighting out of Shreveport, La.) match up in an early Fight of the Night contender
No. 14 ranked heavyweight contender Blagoy Ivanov (18-4, 1 NC, fighting out of Sofia, Bulgaria) seeks to defend his spot in the Top 15 against Marcos Rogerio De Lima (19-8-1, fighting out of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Macy Chiasson (8-2, fighting out of Dallas, Texas) returns to action against Norma Dumont (7-1, fighting out of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil) in a featherweight bout
An exciting welterweight matchup sees Randy Brown (14-4, fighting out of Queens, N.Y.) lock horns with Khaos Williams (13-2, fighting out of Jackson, Mich.)
Welterweights Francisco Trinaldo (27-8, fighting out of Federal District, Brazil) and Danny Roberts (18-5, fighting out of Liverpool, England) aim to steal the show
Dana White’s Contender Series signees collide as Kleydson Rodrigues (7-1, fighting out of Laranjal do Jari, Amapa, Brazil) and CJ Vergara (9-3-1, fighting out of San Antonio, Texas) compete at flyweight
Ariane Carnelossi (14-2, fighting out of Sao Paulo, Brazil) looks to extend her win streak against Loopy Godinez (7-2, fighting out of Vancouver, B.C., Canada by way of Aguascalientes, Mexico) at strawweight
Journey Newson (9-3, 1 NC, fighting out of Portland, Ore.) has his sights set on spoiling the UFC debut of Dana White’s Contender Series alum Fernie Garcia (10-1, fighting out of Dallas, Texas)