UFC Brooklyn fight card for ESPN+1 Fight Night at Barclays Center
UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo works out at Gleason'?s Gym in Brooklyn on Jan. 16, 2019, ahead of his title fight against TJ Dillashaw at UFC on ESPN+ 1 in Brooklyn on Jan. 19. Credit: Newsday / Ryan Gerbosi
The UFC returns to Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Jan. 19 with its first ESPN+ card, and it includes two champions fighting for one title.
ESPN became the UFC's broadcast partner in late 2018, with those rights beginnning in 2019. Its debut card will stream early prelims on ESPN+, air the prelims on ESPN and then stream the main card back on ESPN+.
Below are the latest fights announced for the card.
UFC Brooklyn main card, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Flyweight title: Champion Henry Cejudo vs. Bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw
Heavyweight: Greg Hardy vs. Allen Crowder
Lightweight: Gregor Gillespie vs. Yancy Medeiros
Flyweight: Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz
Women's flyweight: Paige VanZant vs. Rachael Ostovich
Light heavyweight: Glover Teixeira vs. Karl Roberson (Ion Cutelaba out with injury)
UFC Brooklyn prelims, 8 p.m. on ESPN
Lightweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Alexander Hernandez
Women's flyweight: Joanne Calderwood vs. Ariane Lipski
Light heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield vs. Vinicius Moreira Castro
Bantamweight: Mario Bautista vs. Cory Sandhagen
UFC Brooklyn early prelims, 6 p.m. on ESPN+
Lightweight: Dennis Bermudez vs. Te Edwards
Welterweight: Belal Muhammad vs. Geoff Neal
Welterweight: Chance Rencountre vs. Kyle Stewart
Mark La Monica is a deputy sports editor at Newsday. He also covers mixed martial arts.
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