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Saturday May 13th the UFC returns to Charlotte with a spec car on the hunt for his 13th career knockout jarzino rosenstrike looks to turn back dangerous finisher Giles in Almeida seeking Hayes 14th consecutive stoppage Victory plus Anthony Smith takes on Johnny Walker UFC Fight Night Rosen strike vs Almeida on ABC and ESPN Plus what’s up everybody I am UFC president Dana White International fight week is coming back to Las Vegas on July 8th at the T-Mobile Arena and I am happy to announce that we have finally finished the main card Alexander volkanovsky and Yaya Rodriguez will headline UFC 290 to unify the featherweight belt volkanovsky is the number two ranked power for pound fighter in the world and is undefeated as a featherweight in the UFC and he is facing interim champion and Mexican superstar yair Rodriguez yes yair is coming off an incredible win back in February when he won the interim title with a submission win over Josh Emmett the co-main event will feature another incredible matchup Brandon Moreno versus Alexandre Pantoja two Mexican Champions plus Australia and Brazil will be represented in our co-headliners for international fight week also on UFC 290 Robert Whittaker versus drikas duplessy which will determine who will fight Israel out of Sonya next for the middleweight title plus Jalen Turner will face Dan hooker and Bo nickel will look to continue his dominance Against The Ultimate Fighter standout Trey Sean Gore the prelims will be live and free on ABC and ESPN the network the featured bout is Robbie Lawler versus Nico price Lawler will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Thursday July 7th for his fight versus Rory McDonald then he fights on Saturday Robbie is the former UFC and Strike Force world champion and this kid is never in a boring fight I found Robbie Lawler when he was 19 years old and UFC 290 will be the final fight of his amazing 22-year career also on the prelims Sean Brady versus Jack Della madalena and the return of former flyweight Champion Davidson figuerado you may already know UFC is returning to the O2 in London on July 22nd we just finalized the main event number five ranked heavyweight Tom aspinall is back and he’ll be facing number 10 Marcin tibura and just an FYI for all you grappling fans The Fight Pass Invitational is back the grappling event will be headlined by Craig Jones versus Felipe Pena and the co-main event will be Glover to Shara versus Anthony Smith and you can stream it live only on UFC fight pass on June 29th International fight week is going to be packed with signings at ufcx the hall of fame ceremonies and of course volkanovsky versus Rodriguez go to ufc.com now for more information and I will see you all in Vegas the first heavyweight champion in powerslap make it in history