Set your alarm clocks early North American fight fans, because there’s a major welterweight bout going down in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday.
In what will either be a grappling fan’s dream or a kickboxing fan’s nightmare, Demian Maia and Ben Askren meet in the main event of UFC Singapore. The fight has legitimate stakes for both men, with Maia looking to maintain his reputation as the UFC’s preeminent master of all things jiu-jitsu and Askren needing to prove that he’s more than just a five-second man with a big mouth.