On any other Saturday night throughout a given calendar year, combat sports promotions across the world would be competing for your viewership. This extended holiday weekend to commemorate the Fourth of July inside the United States sees MMA‘s top promotion, the UFC, take a hiatus after UFC 303 and International Fight Week happened the weekend of June 29.
Dana White‘s organization returns for three consecutive weekends of action beginning one week from Saturday with UFC Denver from Ball Arena (formerly known as Pepsi Center) on ESPN+ with a women’s flyweight main event between Rose Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Tracy Cortes (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC).