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UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 20, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.


Fight card

Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+)

Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov
Featherweight Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos
Women's Bantamweight Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau
Welterweight Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good
Catchweight (160 lbs) Jim Miller vs. Roosevelt Roberts

Preliminary card (ESPN/ESPN+)

Lightweight Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren
Middleweight Marc-André Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota
Women's Flyweight Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson
Women's Flyweight Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight Austin Hubbard vs. Max Rohskopf


Background

The event was initially scheduled to take place at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UFC president Dana White announced on April 9 that starting with UFC 249, all future events were indefinitely postponed. The event would have marked the promotion's second visit to Saskatoon, following UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira in August 2015. On May 21, the UFC announced the cancellation of the event in Canada.

A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov will serve as the event headliner.

A welterweight bout between former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good and Belal Muhammad was previously expected to take place at UFC 205 in November 2016, but Good was pulled from that event after being notified by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) due to a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test. The matchup was once again booked for UFC 249 in April 2020, but Good pulled out due to testing positive for COVID-19, being the first fighter to publicly acknowledge the fact. They are now expected to meet at this event.

Joe Solecki was expected to face Austin Hubbard at the event. However, Solecki was removed from the pairing for undisclosed reasons on June 13. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Max Rohskopf.

Matt Frevola was scheduled to face Frank Camacho at the event. However, Frevola was pulled from the fight during the week leading up to the event after teammate and cornerman Billy Quarantillo tested positive for COVID-19. Despite two negative tests, Frevola was removed from the bout in an abunadance of caution. Promotional newcomer Justin Jaynes was tabbed as a replacement to face Camacho.



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Thanks for being here & the competitions that i always look forward to. That being said i already missed 2_... lol, & didn't even finish the whole card yet still have prelims left to watch. Thanks for the uploads~! jack