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The No. 1- and No. 3-ranked light heavyweights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship will collide when Thiago Santos confronts Glover Teixeira in the UFC on ESPN 17 headliner this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. At stake for the two contenders: a potential title shot against newly minted 205-pound champion Jan Blachowicz in 2021.

UFC on ESPN 17 “Santos vs. Teixeira”—which streams live to ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—also features a heavyweight co-main event matching Andrei Arlovski with Tanner Boser, a bantamweight showcase pitting Raoni Barcelos against Khalid Taha, a middleweight tilt pairing Ian Heinisch with Brendan Allen and a women’s strawweight affair slotting Claudia Gadelha opposite Xiaonan Yan. ESPN+ will carry the entire undercard at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. ET, the six-fight slate anchored by a middleweight scrap between Trevin Giles and Bevon Lewis.

A closer look at the UFC on ESPN 17 “Santos vs. Teixeira” particulars:

THE LINEUP

205: Thiago Santos vs. Glover Teixeira
265: Andrei Arlovski vs. Tanner Boser
135: Raoni Barcelos vs. Khalid Taha
185: Ian Heinisch vs. Brendan Allen
115: Claudia Gadelha vs. Xiaonan Yan
185: Trevin Giles vs. Bevon Lewis
145: Giga Chikadze vs. James Krause-Simmons
265: Alexander Romanov vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
145: Darren Elkins vs. Luiz Eduardo Garagorri
170: Max Griffin vs. Ramiz Brahimaj
135: Anthony Birchak vs. Gustavo Lopez

THE RUNDOWN

• Preview: The Main Card
• Preview: The Prelims
• Weigh-in Report
• By The Numbers: Santos vs. Teixeira
• Prime Picks

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