The octagon rolls into Kansas City, Missouri this weekend with flyweight king, Demetrious Johnson looking to equal Anderson Silva's record for the most consecutive UFC title defences against Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Wilson Reis.
The co-main event also features a strawweight bout between Rose Namajunas and "The Karate Hottie" Michelle Waterson with the winner likely to be in contention for a title shot at the winner of Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jessica Andrade after UFC 211.
A middleweight bout between Jacare Souza and Robert Whittaker also features on the card with the former signing an eight-fight contract extension on Friday night.
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Jeremy "Who the f**k is that guy!" Stephens props up the main card in a featherweight contest with unbeaten Brazilian Renato Moicano. Tom Duquesnoy (Read our interview with him here.) makes his highly-anticipated UFC debut against Florida-born fighter Patrick Williams on the prelims.
The card begins at a UK-friendly time of 9PM on UFC Fight Pass with the four-fight main card commencing at 1AM on BT Sport 2.
Our resident MMA guru Darren Russell (@DRussellMMA) looks at the best bets to make on Saturday night.
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Jeremy Stephens v Renato Moicano
Jeremy Stephens to win by KO/TKO/DQ - 6/4 at BetVictor
Stephens, thrust into the limelight for all the wrong reasons when trying to verbally take on Conor McGregor at the UFC 205 press conference returns to the cage following his decision loss to Frankie Edgar at Madison Square Garden, taking on prospect Renato Moicano, who fights outside of Brazil for the first time in his career.
Moicano has had various injury problems throughout his career and faces the biggest test of his career so far whilst Stephens looks to re-establish his position in the UFC featherweight division.
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Expect the American to look to land overhand shots and use his more seasoned skills and look to land a spectacular knockout.
Jacare Souza v Robert Whittaker
Jacare Souza to win by decision - 11/4 at BetVictor
A middleweight bout between Jacare Souza and Robert Whittaker also features on the card with the former signing an eight-fight contract extension on Friday night.
Frustrated at the lack of a title shot, despite amassing an 7-1 record since joining the promotion in 2013, with champion Michael Bisping facing Dan Henderson and then Georges St. Pierre over the Brazilian.
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Another thing the Brazilian doesn't possess is an easy fight with Australian Robert Whittaker, who's on a rampage since moving up from welterweight, winning five fights on the spin including his recent knockout of Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night 101.
I think both fighters are skilled enough to avoid being stopped but Jacare will use his superior wrestling skills to drag the fight to a decision victory.
Tim Elliott to win by decision - 6/4 at BetVictor
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The winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 24, Tim Elliott managed to drag Demetrious Johnson a full twenty-five minutes back in December after what he describes as the toughest weight cut of his life.
Elliott could've been defending the belt tonight in his hometown if he could have submitted "Mighty Mouse" but instead fights on the prelims against Louis Smolka who looked drained at the weigh ins.
On paper, this is a potential fight of the night with both fighters pressing early but Elliott may look to utilize his wrestling to take the fight to the ground with Smolka not possessing the greatest takedown defence of just 38%.
ODDSbible's Acca
Waterson (v Namajunas), Duquesnoy (v Williams), Sterling (v Mendes) and Magomedov (v Green) all to win
3/1 at BetVictor
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