The bouts are signed and the commission paperwork has been rubber-stamped. The UFC is officially back in business in Las Vegas with Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 9 marking the promotion’s return to its home city. With the sporting world tentatively looking to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC Apex will form the home of the UFC’s upcoming hometown events for the foreseeable future, with the purpose-built fight facility taking center stage with its maiden UFC-branded fight card. UFC on ESPN 9 features a pivotal bout for the promotion’s welterweight division, with former undisputed champion Tyron Woodley making his return after his title loss to Kamaru Usman. “The Chosen One” will look to reassert hit championship credentials against surging Brazilian contender Gilbert Burns in the night’s main event. Also set to feature on the card is a heavyweight battle, as rising prospect Augusto Sakai takes on the teak-tough Bulgarian veteran Blagoy Ivanov .
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7 burning questions ahead of UFC on ESPN 9: Can Tyron Woodley rebound? – MMA Junkie