UFC Vancouver main event has 'fight of the year' potential

Previous visits to Vancouver by UFC have been relatively underwhelming for local fight fans, but that doesn’t appear to be the case this year.

The main event of UFC Fight Night, scheduled for September 14 at Rogers Arena, will have some star power.

UFC President Dana White confirmed with Yahoo Sports that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will square off against Justin Gaethje, in a bout that many are saying has ‘fight of the year’ potential.

Wow. Vancouver is in for a treat!#UFCVancouver https://t.co/Lnwb3KpvAl

— BJ Penn (@bjpenndotcom) July 18, 2019

“Get ready, Vancouver!” White said. “This fight is going to be ridiculous!”

“This is a fight y’all do not want to miss,” Cerrone said in an Instagram post.

The bout features the No. 4 (Cerrone, 36-11-0) and No. 5 (Gaethje, 20-2-0) ranked fighters in the lightweight division.

Previous confirmed fights scheduled include:

Heavyweight: Todd Duffee vs Jeff Hughes
Middleweight: Antonio Carlos Junior vs Uriah Hall
Heavyweight: Marcin Tybura vs Augusto Sakai
Middleweight: David Branch vs Andrew Sanchez
Light Heavyweight: Glover Teixeira vs Nikita Krylov
Light Heavyweight: Misha Cirkunov vs Jimmy Crute

UFC Fight Night Vancouver is 🔥🔥🔥

Main Event: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Glover vs. Krylov
Sanchez vs. Branch
Tybura vs. Sakai
Duffee vs. Hughes
Cirkunov vs. Crute
Carlos Jr vs. Hall

And still 5 or 6 more to be added.

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) July 18, 2019

Tickets go on sale on July 26 at 10 am through Ticketmaster.

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