The UFC’s return to Nashville, Tenn. has a main event and it turns out the rumors were true. After weeks of rumblings of a bantamweight contender fight between Cory Sandhagen (16-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) and Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), promotion president Dana White announced it officially for the UFC Fight Night event Aug. 5 at Bridgestone Arena. In the promotion’s last visit to the state, it held an event on March 23, 2019, at the same venue. UFC on ESPN+ 6 featured a welterweight main event between former title challenger Stephen Thompson and former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis
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UFC books Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov headliner for Nashville – MMA Junkie