The UFC Columbus card will feature a new main event. Curtis Blaydes (Curtis Blaydes) and Chris Daukaus (Cris Daukaus) have announced that they will meet at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio for the March 26 Card.
Multiple sources have confirmed that MMA Fighting received the information on Thursday. Verbal agreements were made between the athletes. Ariel Helwani first reported the matchup.
The fight between Blaydes & Daukaus is set up after the main card was lost. This happened because Jan Blachowicz, the former light-heavyweight champion, had to cancel his bout against Aleksandar Rakic through injury.
Now, the heavyweights will take center stage with Blaydes looking to build on his last win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik, which brought his record to 5-1 in his past six fights.
Meanwhile, Daukaus will attempt to get back on track after suffering the first setback of his UFC career in his previous outing, a knockout loss to Derrick Lewis. Daukaus had previously won four consecutive victories and been knocked out four times since joining UFC.
Assuming the fight is finalized, Blaydes vs. Daukaus will headline the first UFC card in Columbus in over a decade with strawweights Amanda Ribas and Michelle Waterson also scheduled for the event as well as hometown favorite Matt Brown taking on Bryan Barberena.
