The updated fight card lineup for Saturday’s UFC 198 has been announced by the UFC and the welterweight bout between Warlley Alves and Bryan Barberena has been elevated to the opening bout of the main card on pay-per-view following the Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall fight being scratched.
The fight card will begin with the online preliminary card on UFC 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 FS1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Following the conclusion of the prelims, the main card on pay-per-view will begin at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and will be headlined by title fight as Fabricio Werdum defends the heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic.
The current UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) vs. Stipe Miocic (14-2)
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (22-4, 1NC) vs. Vitor Belfort (25-11)
Cris Justino (15-1, 1NC) vs. Leslie Smith (8-6-1)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (23-10) vs. Corey Anderson (8-1)
Warlley Alves (10-0) vs. Bryan Barberena (11-3)
Preliminary Card: (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Demian Maia (22-6) vs. Matt Brown (20-13)
Thiago Santos (12-3) vs. Nate Marquardt (34-15-2)
Francisco Trinaldo (19-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (12-3)
John Lineker (26-7) vs. Rob Font (12-1)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m PT)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-7) vs. Patrick Cummins (8-3)
Sergio Moraes (10-2) vs. Luan Chagas (14-1)
Renato Carneiro (9-0-1) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (18-3)