Top-10 heavyweight Jailton Almeida meets onetime title challenger Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fights at Ginásio do Ibirapuera are on ESPN+, with the 9 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 6 p.m.
Almeida (19-2) has won 14 fights in a row, all by finish, with all but three of those finishes coming in the first round. Most recently, he submitted Jairzinho Rozenstruik in Round 1 in May. Almeida is No. 10 in the ESPN pound-for-pound men's rankings.
Lewis (27-11, 1 NC) ended a three-fight skid in July, knocking out Marcos Rogerio de Lima in 33 seconds. It was Lewis' record 14th UFC knockout.
How to watch the fights
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There's also FightCenter, which offers live updates for every UFC card.
Saturday's UFC fight card
ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET
Heavyweight: Jailton Almeida vs. Derrick Lewis
Welterweight: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Nicolas Dalby
Heavyweight: Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Don'Tale Mayes
Middleweight: Caio Borralho vs. Abus Magomedov
Middleweight: Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan
Lightweight: Ismael Bonfim vs. Vinc Pichel
ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov
Men's bantamweight: Victor Hugo vs. Daniel Marcos
Light heavyweight: Vitor Petrino vs. Modestas Bukauskas
Strawweight: Angela Hill vs. Denise Gomes
Strawweight: Eduarda Moura vs. Montserrat Conejo Ruiz
Lightweight: Kauê Fernandes vs. Marc Diakiese
Ian Parker's betting tip
For Lewis to succeed, he needs to get the KO early, and that is no secret to anyone who has seen both of these men fight. Lewis is a great athlete, but he is taking on a phenom at jiu-jitsu. Once the fight hits the floor, it's over.
For Parker's suggested bets on the main event and other fights on Saturday's card, check out the ESPN+ expert picks and best bets article (link below). It also features analysis by Fight Ready MMA coach Santino DeFranco as well as ESPN's other betting expert, Reed Kuhn.
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