Women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will look to defend her title successfully for the third consecutive outing when she takes on No. 2-ranked contender Raquel Pennington. Nunes (15-4) earned her last victory to retain her championship at UFC 215 in September 2017 when she defeated Valentina Shevchenko via unanimous decision. If Pennington (9-5) is going to shock the world with a title win, she'll have to do so by shaking off some rust inside the Octagon. Pennington's last UFC appearance was at UFC 205 in November 2016, but she did earn a huge win in that bout, a three-round unanimous decision victory over former champion Miesha Tate. Stacked with big names such as: Jacare vs. Gastelum and Belfort vs. Machida, UFC 224 is surely a must-watch.
FIGHT CARD:
Main Card, PPV, 10 p.m. ET
Amanda Nunes vs.Raquel Pennington
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ronaldo Souza
Amanda Cooper vs. Mackenzie Dern
Brian Kelleher vs. John Lineker
Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida
Preliminary Card, FX, 8 p.m. ET
Cezar Ferreira vs. Karl Roberson
Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Nick Hein vs. Davi Ramos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Sean Strickland
Preliminary Card, UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET
Sultan Aliev vs. Warlley Alves
Jack Hermansson vs. Thales Leites
Ramazan Emeev vs. Alberto Mina
James Bochnovic vs. Markus Perez
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