UFC 198 is a go for Saturday, May 14.
The event, hosted by the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, is headlined by a heavyweight title match between Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic. The champion, Werdum, has won six straight, most recently defeating Cain Velasquez. The challenger, Miocic, is coming off a knockout win over Andrei Arlovski.
The co-main event of the evening pits Brazilian middleweights Vitor Belfort and Ronaldo Souza against one another. Belfort enters on the heels of a knockout win over Dan Henderson, while Souza is looking to rebound from a razor-thin decision loss to Yoel Romero.
The full UFC 198 card is as follows:
UFC 198 Main Card (10 p.m. ET)
- Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic
- Ronaldo Souza vs. Vitor Belfort
- Cris Justino vs. Leslie Smith
- Mauricio Rua vs. Corey Anderson
- Warlley Alves vs. Bryan Barberena
Prelims on Fox Sports 1 (8 p.m. ET)
- Demian Maia vs. Matt Brown
- Thiago Santos vs. Nate Marquardt
- Francisco Trinaldo vs. Yancy Medeiros
- John Lineker vs. Rob Font
Prelims on UFC Fight Pass (6:30 p.m. ET)
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Patrick Cummins
- Sergio Moraes vs. Luan Chagas
- Renato Moicano vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
Join us here when the action begins for Bleacher Report's live play-by-play coverage of UFC 198.
