October 04, (THEWILL) – The UFC has published the official poster for one of the year’s most anticipated events. Headliners Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington, as well as female co-headliners Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili are featured on the poster for UFC 268.
The event is to take place on November 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Top lightweight contenders Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler are also featured.
“The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman defends his welterweight title for the second time against Covington in a rematch of their dramatic UFC 245 fight, which Usman won by TKO with less than a minute left in the fifth and final round.
In the co-main event, Namajunas takes on Zhang in a rematch of their UFC 261 title fight from April. To reclaim the UFC strawweight title, Namajunas knocked out Zhang in just 78 seconds. Prior to the setback, Zhang had won 21 consecutive fights.
The current UFC 268 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD
Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington – for welterweight title
Champion Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili – for women’s strawweight title
Michael Chandler vs. Justin Gaethje
Luke Rockhold vs. Sean Strickland
Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera
PRELIMINARY CARD
Al Iaquinta vs. Bobby Green
Ian Garry vs. Jordan Williams
Andreas Michailidis vs. Alex Pereira
Nassourdine Imavov vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
PRELIMINARY CARD
John Allan vs. Aleksa Camur
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. TJ Laramie
Shane Burgos vs. Billy Quarantillo
Ode Osbourne vs. CJ Vergara
Chris Barnett vs. Gian Villante
Usman scored a late TKO after breaking Covington’s jaw. Covington has gone as far as to suggest there was a conspiracy against him in the first meeting.
While Usman has gone on to score wins over Jorge Masvidal (twice) and Gilbert Burns, Covington only picked up one win since losing to Usman, stopping former champion Tyron Woodley. Covington won via TKO in Round 5 and believes he has what it takes to overcome Usman this time.
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