UFC Fight Night 28: Fight Card

The UFC action is coming thick and fast at the moment with another event, ‘UFC Fight Night 28’ scheduled for this coming Wednesday night in Brazil.

Headlining this show is a light-heavyweight encounter between Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader, with the former potentially being in line for a title shot if he emerges victorious.

There’s also an intriguing co-main event as Yushin Okami tests his grappling skills versus one of the best BJJ practitioners in the world today, Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza.

Bantamweight star Joseph Benavidez is also back in action looking to take another step back towards a title shot against Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva.

Francisco Trinaldo looks to go three fights undefeated when he takes on the debuting Piotr Hallmann.

Finally, Rafael Natal fights Tor Troeng and Marcos Vinicius squares up against Ali Bagautinov to round off the main card on FOX Sports 1.

Main Card:

Glover Teixeira (21-2) vs. Ryan Bader (15-3)
Yushin Okami (29-7) vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (18-3)
Joseph Benavidez (18-3) vs. Jussier “Formiga” da Silva (15-2)
Francisco Trinaldo (13-2) vs. Piotr Hallmann (13-1)
Rafael “Sapo” Natal (16-4-1) vs. Tor Troeng (16-4-1)
Marcos Vinicius (20-4-1) vs. Ali Bagautinov (10-2)

Prelims:

Felipe Arantes (15-4-1) vs. Edmilson Souza (13-3)
Lucas Martins (13-1) vs. Ramiro Hernandez (13-4)
Joao Zeferino (13-5) vs. Elias Silverio (8-0)
Keith Wisniewski (28-14-1) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (8-1-1)
Yuri Villefort (6-2) vs. Sean Spencer (9-2)

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