Lightweight contenders Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will fight for the UFC's BMF belt in the main event of UFC 291 on Saturday night (10 p.m.
ET on ESPN+ PPV). Poirier, No. 5 in ESPN's divisional rankings, will be competing for the first time this year. He beat Michael Chandler by submission in his last fight at UFC 281 in November 2022.
Gaethje, ranked just ahead of Poirier, picked up a majority decision win over Rafael Fiziev in his last fight at UFC 286 in March.
In the co-main event, former middleweight champion Alex Pereira makes his 205-pound debut in the Octagon against former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz.
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