UFC Columbus has got its new headliner in the heavyweight division as ranked contenders Chris Daukaus and Curtis Blaydes will lock horns inside the octagon on March 26th.

The UFC Columbus fight card was first supposed to be headlined by former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and light heavyweight #3 Aleksandar Rakic. However, the fight fell out as the Polish powerhouse suffered a neck injury.

UFC analyst Ariel Helwani was the first one to break out the news, which was later confirmed by ESPN. “Most likely your new UFC Columbus main event on March 26, per sources,” Helwani captioned the post.

UFC Columbus will be the premier promotion’s first Fight Night card on the road since 2020. This will be the UFC’s first fight card in Columbus in over a decade. Apart from the heavyweight showdown, the fight card also has a possible flyweight title eliminator fight between Kai Kara-France and Askar Askarov.

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Also on the fight card is a strawweight bout between Amanda Ribas and Michelle Waterson. Another interesting bout will see Bryan Barberena fight Matt Brown in front of the latter’s hometown audience.

How are Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus faring at the UFC?

Curtis Blaydes is currently ranked #4 on the UFC heavyweight charts. Blaydes was on a four-fight winning streak before he lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Lewis in February 2021.

In his most recent outing at UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega, ‘Razor’ (5-1 in his last six outings), took home a unanimous decision victory against another highly ranked opponent, Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

The former Philadelphia police officer, Chris Daukaus, also has a kind of similar story. Daukaus was on a rampage in the heavyweight division, clinching four straight knockout victories in the promotion. However, he was stopped by Derrick Lewis at the last UFC event in 2021 in the first round of their bout.

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