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Former middleweight title challengers Marvin Vettori and Jared Cannonier square off in the five-round main event at Saturday's UFC on ESPN 47 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Vettori is currently ranked third at 185 pounds and is coming off a win over Roman Dolidze in March, while Cannonier is ranked fourth and is coming off a win over Sean Strickland in December.

Also on the main card is eighth-ranked lightweight Arman Tsarukyan taking on Joaquim Silva in the co-main event in addition to Armen Petrosyan vs. Christian Leroy Duncan, Pat Sabatini vs. Lucas Almeida, and Nicolas Dalby vs. Muslim Salikhov.

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> Light Heavyweights- Zac Pauga (6-1, 1-1 UFC) vs. Modestas Bukauskas (14-5, 2-3 UFC)

> Bantamweights- Dan Argueta (9-1, 1-1 UFC) vs. Ronnie Lawrence (8-2, 2-1 UFC)

> Women's Flyweights- Tereza Bleda (6-1, 0-1 UFC) vs. Gabriella Fernandes (8-2, 0-1 UFC)

> Flyweights- Carlos Hernandez (8-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Denys Bondar (16-4, 0-1 UFC)

> Bantamweights- Kyung Ho Kang (18-9 1 NC, 7-3 1 NC UFC) vs. Cristian Quinonez (17-3, 1-0 UFC)

> Flyweights- Jimmy Flick (16-6, 1-1 UFC) vs. Alessandro Costa (12-3, 0-1 UFC)

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> Welterweights- Nicolas Dalby (21-4-1 2 NC, 5-4-1 1 NC UFC) vs. Muslim Salikhov (19-3, 6-2 UFC)

> Lightweights- Manuel Torres (13-2, 1-0 UFC) vs. Nikolas Motta (13-4, 1-1 UFC)

> Featherweights- Pat Sabatini (17-4, 4-1 UFC) vs. Lucas Almeida (14-1, 1-0 UFC)

> Middleweights- Armen Petrosyan (7-2, 2-1 UFC) vs. Christian Leory Duncan (8-0, 1-0 UFC)

> Lightweights- #8 Arman Tsarukyan (19-3, 6-2 UFC) vs. Joaquim Silva (12-3, 5-3 UFC)

> Middleweights- #3 Marvin Vettori (19-5-1, 9-4-1 UFC) vs. #4 Jared Cannonier (16-6, 9-6 UFC)

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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