If there was an interim title for pay-per-view shows, this one might win it.
The UFC and its monthly $69.99 road show return to the Toyota Center in Houston for a 13-bout card topped off by a pivotal fight between two large human beings.
UFC 265 will be broadcast live by ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 10.
Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane, respectively the promotion's second- and third-ranked heavyweights, will get together in a scheduled five-rounder that'll guarantee its winner a subsequent shot at an even bigger fight—against full-fledged UFC champion Francis Ngannou.