UFC 280 will feature a five-fight main card that will have UFC bantamweight title match between champion Aljamain Sterling and No. 2 bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw. The event will take place live from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday, October 22. The main card starts at 2 p.m. ET. The Sterling-Dillashaw match will be the co-main event.
Sterling (21-3) is a -175 favorite to retain his title at DraftKings Sportsbook.
He won the bantamweight title under nefarious circumstances at UFC 259 when Petr Yan was disqualified for using an illegal knee in the fourth round. It was a fight that Yan appeared to be winning rather handily and a completely unnecessary cheap shot.
Aljamain Sterling is the NEW UFC Bantamweight Champion after this illegal knee disqualified Petr Yan #UFC259pic.twitter.com/lQ6ITgu9ip
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