UFC Fight Night takes place on Saturday July 25, with a main event fight of TJ Dillashaw vs Renan Barao 2 on the Fight Card. Today's UFC event takes place from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois and will see no less than 12 big fights ranging from the Early Prelims that start at 4.15 p.m. ET, all the way through to the Main Fight Card that gets underway at 8 p.m. ET. The main fight of Dillashaw vs Barao should take place around 10 p.m. ET, and can be watched on Fox Sports. The action can also be watched online through live stream via the link below.
Today's main fight will feature the American champ TJ Dillashaw against No. 1 contender Renan Barao from Brazil, and should be a fantastic match up for the Bantamweight title.
Dillashaw has a UFC record of 12-2-0 compared to Barao's 35-2-0 1NC record, and the champ also has almost double the knock out/TKO percentage of the challenger, with Dillashaw ending bouts through KO's or TKO's in 42 percent of his fights. Barrio meanwhile has just a 23 percent record in that department.
But Barao is a submissions expert and has ended fights through submission 43 percent of the time, where as Dillashaw's record in that department is a much lower 25 percent.
Both fighters in the Bantamweight title fight measure up at 66 inches, and weigh in at exactly 135 lbs.
Other big fights tonight will see No. 2 ranked Miesha Tate take on No. 5 ranked Jessica Eye. Tate has a 16-5-0 record compared to Eye's 11-2-0. Tate is known as one of the best submission experts in the women's UFC ranks, with a 38 percent submission rate, where as Eye has just a 9 percent submission record.
Both fighters are from the USA and both are exactly 66 inches and weigh in at 135 lbs.
Tonight's UFC Early Prelims will start at 4.15 p.m. ET, featuring four fights. Following that the Fox Prelims will start at 6 p.m. ET and feature another four big fights. The Fox Main Card will get underway at 8 p.m. ET and will also feature four massive fights leading up to the Tate vs Eye bout, and the main event of Dillashaw vs Barao 2.
A full fight card schedule can be seen below. But the event can be watched on TV on Fox Sports or online through UFC.TV live stream by clicking here.
UFC on FOX Main Event: 135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao
UFC on FOX Main Card (8 p.m. ET): 135 lbs.: Jessica Eye vs. Miesha Tate 155 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Paul Felder 155 lbs.: Takanori Gomi vs. Joe Lauzon
UFC on FOX "Prelims" (6 p.m. ET): 185 lbs.: Tom Lawlor vs. Gian Villante 155 lbs.: Danny Castillo vs. Jim Miller 170 lbs.: Kenny Robertson vs. Ben Saunders 135 lbs.: Bryan Caraway vs. Eddie Wineland
UFC Fight Pass "Prelims" (4 p.m. ET): 155 lbs.: Daron Cruickshank vs. James Krause 155 lbs.: Andrew Holbrook vs. Ramsey Nijem 135 lbs.: Jessamyn Duke vs. Elizabeth Phillips 170 lbs.: Zak Cummings vs. Dominique Steele
