The
Ultimate Fighting Championship will pitch its tent inside the
familiar haunts of the UFC Apex for a second consecutive week with
UFC Fight Night 236 on Saturday in Las Vegas. Middleweights
shoulder the marquee, as former Ring of
Combat champion Joseph
Pyfer faces Jack
Hermansson in the five-round headliner at 185 pounds.
Meanwhile, Dan Ige meets
Team Alpha Male’s Andre Fili in
the three-round featherweight co-main event.
While not much jumps off the page in terms of true relevance, an
anticipatory buzz surrounding the event permeates social media. A
sampling of some of the discussions:
Pyfer enters the Octagon on the strength of five straight finishes
but continues to have to address doubts regarding whether or not he
deserves such a high-profile assignment so soon in his UFC
career.
1-on-1 with @Joe_Pyfer96 ahead of his first main event tomorrow night at #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/SC3eR2qw0T— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) February 9, 2024
Jack "The Joker" Hermansson continued to fight with a broken rib and won
He returns this Saturday at #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/9BSOvS7m0U— Yazko (@YazkoMotashobi) February 5, 2024
Holy Smokes Dan Ige!
How did you react to this @Dynamitedan808 KO?
Watch Ige vs Fili at #UFCVegas86 tomorrow night! pic.twitter.com/iBbsgJJKZF— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) February 9, 2024
Andre Fili on why he stepped in vs. Dan Ige: ‘I’m here to win a bunch of money, get a number next to my name’ https://t.co/SyiHechEMt— MMA News (@MMA_News) February 8, 2024
Robert Bryczek finally makes his UFC debut this weekendpic.twitter.com/2O9gW6d8wp— Cerebral Vigilante (@Delisketo) February 6, 2024
Damaged but NOT done @Gregory_MMA is a force to be reckoned with and he’s back in the Octagon this weekend for #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/IYPChIjIjV— UFC (@ufc) February 6, 2024
People will see Rodolfo Vieira do this in R3 & still bet on the Armenian kickboxer with 33% TD defense ♂️#UFCVegas86 #MMATwitter pic.twitter.com/kQvoQMGmzz— Maestro MMA (@mmamaestro_) February 6, 2024
Darrius Flowers revealed he used to be cool with Michael Johnson before Johnson randomly blocked him on Instagram #UFCVegas86 @sportskeedaMMA
"I'm not trying to bring the drama into it. I'm just telling it like it is" pic.twitter.com/BlINV0yehN— Jake Foley (@JFoMMATalk) February 7, 2024
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