After nearly a month off, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is back.
Fans thirst for fights will be quenched on Saturday, January 15, as the UFC returns to the Apex. Saturday’s card is headlined by a clash between top-10 featherweights, No. 5-ranked Calvin Kattar and No. 8-ranked Giga Chikadze.
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