Can Michael Chandler repeat his front kick from hell against Dustin Poirier at UFC 281? Photo via Twitter (@TSN_Sports)
Next Saturday, top ranked lightweights Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier will clash in a featured bout at the main card of UFC 281.
Ahead of the fight, UFC put up Chandler’s spectacular war against Tony Ferguson on YouTube as a free fight.
Former interim champion Ferguson started the fight well with a knockdown and a bunch of good punches. However, in the first minute of round two, Chandler came back with a front kick from hell and finished the fight.
UFC 281 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The card is headlined by a middleweight title bout between champion Israel Adesanya and his kickboxing rival Alex Pereira.
In the co-main event we will see Carla Esparza defend her strawweight title against former champion Zhang Weili.
Main Card
Middleweight title fight: Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira
Strawweight title fight: Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili
Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler
Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar vs. Chris Gutierrez
Lightweight: Dan Hooker vs. Claudio Puelles
Prelims
Lightweight: Brad Riddell vs. Renato Moicano
Light heavyweight: Dominick Reyes vs. Ryan Spann
Women’s flyweight: Erin Blanchfield vs. Molly McCann
Middleweight: Wellington Turman vs. Andre Petroski
Early prelims
Women’s strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez
Featherweight: Michael Trizano vs. Seung Woo Choi
Lightweight: Matt Frevola vs. Ottman Azaitar
Bantamweight: Montel Jackson vs. Julio Arce
Light heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg vs. Nicolae Negumereanu