It might seem like an unlikely setting for a title eliminator, but two of the light heavyweight division’s top contenders are about to throw down in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Recent title challenger Volkan Oezdemir looks to get back on the championship track when he faces Anthony Smith, a former middleweight who has made an instant impact at 205 pounds with sub-two minute KOs of past champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Rashad Evans, in Saturday’s main event.
The co-headliner features noted Conor McGregor ally Artem Lobov facing off with former top-10 lightweight Michael Johnson, who is stepping in on less than two weeks’ notice as a replacement for Zubaira Tukhugov.