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UFC 251 poster released

Kamaru Usman (pictured) defends his welterweight championship against Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi on July 12
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

The UFC has released the poster for its first pay-per-view on “Fight Island.”

A trio of title fights headline UFC 251, set to take place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on July 12, with the main event clash between welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns taking center stage.

The featherweight championship rematch between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway is also featured on the poster, as well as a battle between Petr Yan and Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title and the second meeting of former strawweight champions Jessica Andrade and Rose Namajunas.

See the updated UFC 251 lineup below:

Main Card

Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway

Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo

Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas

Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant

Preliminaries

Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka

Elizeu Zaleski vs. Muslim Salikhov

Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry

Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov

Early Prelims

Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov

Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Raulian Paiva

Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo

Martin Day vs. Davey Grant

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