UFC 315 is upon us. Saturday night time, seven days faraway from Dana White’s promotion’s first journey to Iowa in near 1 / 4 of a century, the schedule for the month of Could continues with the second of three straight playing cards to start the yr’s fifth month.
This week, on the eve of the Mom’s Day vacation inside the USA of America, the UFC heads up north to the Canadian province of Quebec for the fifth pay-per-view present of 2025. Montreal’s Bell Centre, the house ice of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens, serves because the setting for this week’s card.
Dwell protection of UFC 315 begins Saturday night at 6:30 pm ET/ 3:30 pm PT with the early prelims. Stateside, this part of the cardboard shall be seen on UFC Combat Cross and ESPN+. Late prelims comply with at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN and ESPN+.
The five-fight major card for UFC 315 caps the night time at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view. All advised, barring any postponements on the bout order between now and the weekend, the ultimate model of Saturday’s card will characteristic a complete of 12 fights from the world’s No. 1 MMA promotion, highlighted by a championship doubleheader.
UFC 315 Featured Prelim: Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke
On the high of the invoice for the undercard is a welterweight tilt matching Mike Malott (11-2-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Charles Radtke (10-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a USA vs. Canada tilt. Malott enters UFC 315 this weekend having posted a document of 4-1 in his final 5 MMA fights.
Again in November, he returned to the win column and scored a unanimous determination victory over Trevin Giles (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC) after three rounds of motion in Edmonton, AL. This was the latter’s third loss in succession relationship again to July of 2023.
Each Malott and Radtke have practically equal footing in the case of preparation time forward of this card, with Malott having one further week between contests. How a lot of an element will this be for the previous’s gameplan?
Within the different nook, Charles Radtke has gone 4-1 himself over the course of the final 5 fights. A veteran of CFFC, he additionally received his hand raised in victory final November, besting Matthew Semelsberger (11-8 MMA, 5-6 UFC) with a first-round knockout by means of punches in simply 51 seconds’ time.
This end made Radtke’s pockets just a bit heavier by night time’s finish, as he scored the $50,000 (USD) Efficiency of the Night time Award. Provided that Charles Radtke completed his final opponent inside the primary minute of the bout, may an identical effort be within the offing on Saturday at UFC 315?
UFC 315 Co-Featured Prelim: No. 7 Contender Jessica Andrade vs. No. 9 Contender Jasmine Jasudavicius
Instantly earlier than the Malott vs. Radtke tilt, the co-featured prelim of UFC 315 sees motion happening within the ladies’s flyweight division between No. 7 contender Jessica Andrade (26-13 MMA, 17-11 UFC) and No. 9 contender Jasmine Jasudavicius (13-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC). Andrade, who shall be making her fortieth profession look within the sport on Saturday night time, enters the weekend with a 2-3 document in her final 5 fights.
Late final summer season, contained in the UFC Apex in Enterprise, NV, she dropped a unanimous determination to Natalia Silva (18-5-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) after three rounds of motion. Silva can even be showing at UFC 315 this Saturday for a battle versus Alexa Grasso (16-4-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC).
Andrade has been inactive for the final eight months. How a lot ring rust does she have going into UFC 315?
In the meantime, Jasmine Jasudavicius faces a fast turnaround forward of Saturday’s battle. She’ll are available in with a document of 4-1 in her final 5 bouts and has gained 4 straight.
Three months in the past, she trekked to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to face off towards Mayra Bueno Silva (10-5-1, 1 NC MMA, 5-5-1, 1 NC UFC), getting her hand raised by means of unanimous determination and giving the latter her third loss in a row. It is a “dwelling sport” for Jasudavicius, very similar to Mike Malott’s battle towards Charles Radtke is for the previous on Saturday.
Solely time will inform if she’s in a position to get one other win for her nation in UFC 315.
UFC 315: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cutelaba
Additionally on the UFC 315 prelims, you’ll be seeing a conflict at mild heavyweight pairing Modestas Bukauskas (17-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) with Ion Cutelaba (19-10-1, 1 NC MMA, 8-9-1 UFC) within the former’s tenth UFC battle. Bukauskas shall be making the stroll on Saturday night time having posted a mark of 4-1 in his final 5 fights.
At current, he’s gained two fights in a row, a streak that was prolonged most just lately by means of first-round knockout (mixture punches) towards Raffael Cerqueira (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in Seattle on Feb. 22. Modestas Bukauskas has been on an upswing since returning to the UFC in February of 2023. Like Jasmine Jasudavicius, Bukauskas additionally had a fast break in-between fights.
By the point Saturday night time arrives, solely 77 days can have elapsed from his contest within the Pacific Northwest to his battle in Quebec in UFC 315. Throughout the best way, Ion Cutelaba can also be getting into UFC 315 having fought on the Seattle card on Feb. 22.
That night time, he bested Ibo Aslan (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) with a first-round submission through arm-triangle choke from Local weather Pledge Enviornment. With each males having the identical quantity of days off, which fighter will emerge because the victor?
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