Marisio Hua vs Owens Saint-Plu
Charles Oliveira vs Justin Geiki
Glover Teixeira vs Giri Prohazca
Boragoi Ivanov vs Marcos Rogerio de Rimal
Messi Chasson vs Norma Dumont
Donald Ceroni vs Joe Lauzo
Brandon Royval vs Matt Schneier
The UFC 274 tournament, which will be held on May 8, Beijing time, will add a new light heavyweight showdown that has attracted much attention, and the former UFC light heavyweight champion "General" Marisio Hua vs. Owens Saint-Pulu, which is also a second-time battle between the two.
Marisio Hua (27-12-1, 21 K, 1 S) is 40 years old this year, with a height of 185cm and an arm span of 193cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2002, won the PRIDE middleweight title in 2005, joined the UFC in 2007 with a (16-2) result and four consecutive wins, and has achieved a (11-10-2) result in the UFC so far. In 2010, KO Machida won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship Gold Belt, but the first defending battle was lost by "Bone" Jon Jones in the third TKO. He then lost the first leg to Ovince Saint Preux in November 2014 with a 34-second KO defeat, starting a three-game winning streak in 2015 and ending a losing streak in 2018 by Anthony Smith's first KO win-break. Tyson Pedro, Tyson Pedro, in the third innings of the same year, drew with Paul Craig in 2019, defeated "Minotaur" Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in July 2020, and was just defeated by the second round TKO in November 2020.
Owens Saint-Ply (25-16, 12 K, 8 S) is 38 years old and has a height of 191cm with an arm span of 203cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2008 and joined the UFC in 2018 with a score of (12-5) and has achieved (13-11) results in the UFC so far. Among them, the 2016 contest with "Bones" Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight interim title regrettably lost, in 2020 tried to rise to heavyweight, in May the disagreement to lose to Ben Rothwell, in September back to the light heavyweight second ko Alonzo Menifield, in December by Jamahal Hill in the second set TKO, Just in June 2021 another attempt at heavyweight was defeated by Tanner Boser's second set TKO.
The tournament was the grand finale of two UFC official gold belt title battles, with current UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (32-8, 9 K, 20 S, 1 N) against former interim champion Justin Geiki (23-3, 19 K, 1 S) against top challenger former interim champion. Current UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-7, 18 K, 10 S) against challenger Giri Prohazka (28-3-1, 25 K, 2 S).
Other line-ups include American Women's Messi Chasen (7-2, 2 K, 2 S) vs. Brazilian Women's Norma Dumont (7-1, 0 K, 2 S). Bulgarian striker Boragoi Ivanov (18-4, 6 K, 6 S, 1 N) against Brazil's Marcos Rogerio de Rema (19-7-1, 14 K, 2 S). "Cowboys" Donald Ceroni (36-16, 10 K, 17 S, 2 N) vs Joe Lauzo (28-15, 9 K, 17 S). Brandon Royval (13-6, 3 K, 8 S) vs Matt Schneier (15-5, 2 K, 8 S, 1 N).
Match Match Chart:
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament:
Glover Teixeira (#c) vs. Jiri Prochazka (#2)
UFC Lightweight Championship Tournament:
Charles Oliveira (#c) vs. Justin Gaethje (#1)
Women's Featherweight Competition:
Macy Chiasson (#10) vs. Norma Dumont (#15)
Heavyweight Competition:
Blagoy Ivanov (#13) vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima
Lightweight Competition:
Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Flyweight Competition:
Brandon Royval (#4) vs. Matt Schnell (#9)
Michael Johnson vs. Alan Patrick
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Ariane Carnelossi vs. Lupita Godinez
C.J. Vergara Vergara) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
Hatchweight Competition:
Journey Newson vs. Fernie Garcia