The UFC will be returning to Cincinnati for the first time in three years on May 10th for UFC Fight Night 40 and the fight card lineup has been announced by the UFC.
The fight card will begin with the online prelims on Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT with three fights and the final four preliminary fights will be shown on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Following the conclusion of the prelims, the main card will start at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Fox Sports 1 and will be headlined by a welterweight bout as Matt Brown (18-11) looks for his seventh straight win as he meets Erick Silva (16-4, 1NC), who will be looking to win back to back fights for the first time in his UFC career.
The current UFC Fight Night 40: Brown vs. Silva card is below.
Main Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Matt Brown (18-11) vs. Erick Silva (16-4, 1NC)
Lorenz Larkin (14-2, 1NC vs. Costas Philippou (12-4, 1NC)
Erik Koch (14-3) vs. Daron Cruickshank (14-4)
William Patolino (7-1) vs. Neil Magny (9-3)
Soa Palelei (20-3) vs. Ruan Potts (8-1)
Chris Cariaso (16-5) vs. Louis Smolka (7-0)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Ed Herman (21-10, 1NC) vs. Rafael Natal (17-5-1)
Kyoji Horiguchi (12-1) vs. Darrell Montague (13-3)
Yan Cabral (11-0) vs. Alexander Yakovlev (21-4-1)
Eddie Wineland (21-9-1) vs. Johnny Eduardo (26-9)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT_
Nik Lentz (24-6-2, 1NC) vs. Manny Gamburyan (13-8)
Ben Wall (7-1-1) vs. Justin Salas (11-5)
Albert Tumenov (12-2) vs. Anthony Lapsley (22-6, 1NC)