UFC Nashville is the first event after UFC 317 and has a number of large heavyweight competitions on the map.
The most important event sees a titanic collision between Derrick Lewis and Tallison Teixeira, while both men try to climb the ranks of the UFC Heavyweight Division.
With the pension of Jon Jones from MMA and Tom Aspinall's Ascension to official UFC Heavyweight Champion, there has been a big commotion in the division that both men could benefit from the main event.
Here is everything you need to know about what promises to be a fantastic evening of MMA action at UFC Nashville.
Derrick Lewis on UFC 291.
What time is UFC Nashville?
UFC Nashville takes place on July 12 in the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
The event is expected to start with the preliminary rounds at 9 p.m., 6 p.m. (PT) and 12:00 AM (BST).
After this comes the main map at 10 p.m. (et), 7 p.m. (PT) and 3:00 am (BST).
It is not expected that they will be early fighting fights on the UFC Nashville card.
How do you look and stream UFC Nashville?
In the US, both the prelims and the main map of the event will be available to view on ESPN+ from 9 p.m. and 6 p.m. (PT), without the prelims being completed.
Fans in the UK will be able to view the prelims via the UFC Fight Pass from 12:00 before they switch to TNT Sports for covering the main map from 3:00 am.
UFC Nashville – Who fights?
Main map
- Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis vs Tallison Teixeira
- Welterweight: Stephen Thompson vs Gabriel Bonfim
- Featherweight: Calvin Kattar vs Steve Garcia
- Featherweight: Nate Landwehr vs Morgan Carriere
- Heavyweight: Vorror Petrino vs Austen Lane
- Light heavyweight: Junior Tafa vs Tuco Tokkos
Prelims
- Welterweight: Max Griffin vs Chris Curtis
- Welterweight: Jake Matthews vs Chido Njokuani
- Fly weight for women: Lauren Murphy vs Eduarda Moura
- Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzachukwu vs Valter Walker
- Lightweight: Mitch Ramirez vs Mike Davis
- Strawweight for Women: Fatima Kline vs Melissa Martinez
Derrick Lewis admits that the referees do not force a rule of rule in his fighting
Teixeira will have to be wary for Lewis cheating in their UFC Nashville Main Event, because the American is very open about why he is doing it.
The heavyweight hunter told Mmajunkie that he never gets points for cheating, so he continues to make mistakes because he knows that there are no consequences.
“I am cheating in a fight,” Lewis told Mmajunkie.
“I know that once (my opponent) I trapped in the notes, I need him in the notes of the bat, as soon as the fight began, I intentionally knead him in the nuts, just because I wanted to calm my nerves to calm down.
“Yes, I cheat, s -. All means that are needed, if I want to start poking eyes and all that, I will put you in the eyes, because you don't get a warning and they don't take a point if you put someone in the eyes, everyone knows that.
“So I'm going to knee them in the eyes, put them in the eyes and do everything illegal and be like” my bad, I didn't want to do that “, but I recorded myself, if I ever do that, I laugh at the inside and say,” I have your ass, “” Lewis continued.
With this recognition, the referees must be extra careful when Lewis takes on Teixeira at UFC Nashville.