ELMONT, N.Y. – Twenty-four fighters came face-to-face across a dozen matchups Friday on the eve of UFC on ABC 3, the promotion’s first pre-pandemic event on Long Island.
Atop the card, [autotag]Brian Ortega[/autotag] and [autotag]Yair Rodriguez[/autotag] hugged it out, as the two featherweight contenders have long been friends – and now are opponents headlining Saturday’s card at USB Arena.
Also featured, a women’s flyweight fight between [autotag]Miesha Tate[/autotag] and [autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag] serves as the main card opener. Other notables matchups include [autotag]Shane Burgos[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag], [autotag]Michelle Waterson[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag], and [autotag]Ricky Simon[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag].
Check out a full card’s worth of faceoffs in the video above and scroll through a gallery of photos below.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ABC 3.
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