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On Saturday June 28, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be hosting its first event in New Zealand, with UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt at the Vector Arena in Auckland.
Tune in from 4:30pm for all the updates from the fights, as well as the colour around the cage from Auckland.
The main event features New Zealand’s own James Te Huna (16-7) making his middleweight debut against Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt (32-13-2), who is returning to middleweight after a stint at welterweight.
The card features a slew of fighters from New Zealand and Australia. The Roar will be blogging live from cage-side as the action unfolds.
Official card and weigh-in results (Australian and NZ fighters in bold):
Prelims:
Gian Villante (205.5lbs) vs. Sean O’Connell (205lbs)
Daniel Hooker (145lbs) vs. Ian Entwistle (145.5lbs)
Neil Magny (171lbs) vs. Rodrigo de Lima (169lbs)
Chris Indich (170lbs) vs. Vik Grujic (171lbs)
Richie Vaculik (125.5lbs) vs. Roldan Sangcha-an (125lbs)
Jake Matthews (156lbs) vs. Dashon Johnson (155lbs)
Main card:
Robert Whittaker (171lbs) vs. Mike Rhodes (171lbs)
Hatsu Hioki (146lbs) vs. Charles Oliveira (145lbs)
Soa Palelei (264lbs) vs. Jared Rosholt (239lbs)
James Te Huna (186lbs) vs. Nate Marquardt (186lbs)
Tune in to The Roar to follow what should be a great night of action from 4:30pm AEST. It should be a cracker!
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