Dana White isn't shy about head-to-head competition.
Which makes it no surprise he and the UFC have gone international for a 13-bout Saturday card in Abu Dhabi while another sporting event you might have heard of (you know...Snoop Dogg, Simone Biles, etc.) goes on a shade more than 4,000 miles to the northwest in Paris.
Ranked bantamweights Cory Sandhagen (2) and Umar Nurmagomedov (10) get top billing for the octagonal show, which includes another high-end scrap at 135 between recent title challenger Marlon Vera and ex-flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo and a women's bout matching elite strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Loopy Godinez.