There will be fights during the day this weekend for all of us North and South Americans out there, as the UFC will make its next international trip to Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Saturday.
The six-fight prelim card will be aired on ESPN2 and will get started at 10 a.m. ET. The event’s six-fight main card is available on ESPN+ and will begin at 1 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night 149 is headlined by a heavyweight clash between Alistair Overeem and Aleksei Oleinik, who are currently the division's respective seventh- and ninth-ranked contenders. Oleinik is taking the fight on fewer than three weeks notice, as Overeem was initially slated to fight sixth-ranked contender Alexander Volkov, who dropped out of the fight on April 3 due to an undisclosed reason.
Overeem was last seen securing a victory over unranked Sergey Pavlovich in November via TKO (punches) in the very first round.
The win snapped a two-fight losing streak to elite contenders Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou.
Meanwhile, Oleinik has won four of his last five fights since 2017, with the only loss coming to Blaydes back in November 2017. Oleinik secured an impressive first-round submission over Mark Hunt during his last trip to the Octagon this past September.
Check out our main event betting preview for what figures to be an exciting bout.
You can find personal attributes and metrics for each fighter in the table below. All statistics are courtesy of UFC.com and UFCStats.com.
Each fighter's official weight is listed in pounds in parenthesis.
UFC Fight Night 149
Heavyweight Fight: Alistair Overeem (245) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (237)
- Monday lines: Overeem (-240); Oleinik (+190)
- Tuesday: Overeem (-240); Oleinik (+190)
- Wednesday: Overeem (-240); Oleinik (+190)
- Thursday: Overeem (-240); Oleinik (+190)
- Friday: Overeem (-250); Oleinik (+195)
Lightweight Fight: Islam Makhachev (155) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (155)
- Monday lines: Makhachev (-500); Tsarukyan (+350)
- Tuesday: Makhachev (-380); Tsarukyan (+290)
- Wednesday: Makhachev (-365); Tsarukyan (+275)
- Thursday: Makhachev (-365); Tsarukyan (+275)
- Friday: Makhachev (-325); Tsarukyan (+250)
Heavyweight Fight: Sergey Pavlovich (254) vs. Marcelo Golm (250)
- Monday lines: Pavlovich (-305); Golm (+235)
- Tuesday: Pavlovich (-305); Golm (+235)
- Wednesday: Pavlovich (-265); Golm (+205)
- Thursday: Pavlovich (-265); Golm (+205)
- Friday: Pavlovich (-265); Golm (+205)
Light Heavyweight Fight: Ivan Shtyrkov (206) vs. Devin Clark (204.5)
- Monday lines: Shtyrkov (-185); Clark (+150)
- Tuesday: Shtyrkov (-185); Clark (+150)
- Wednesday: Shtyrkov (-185); Clark (+150)
- Thursday: Shtyrkov (-185); Clark (+150)
- Friday: Shtyrkov (-185); Clark (+150)
Women Flyweight Fight: Roxanne Modafferi (125) vs. Antonina Shevchenko (125)
- Monday lines: Modafferi (+270); Shevchenko (-360)
- Tuesday: Modafferi (+275); Shevchenko (-365)
- Wednesday: Modafferi (+270); Shevchenko (-360)
- Thursday: Modafferi (+270); Shevchenko (-360)
- Friday: Modafferi (+270); Shevchenko (-360)
Middleweight Fight: Krzysztof Jotko (185) vs. Alen Amedovski (186)
- Monday lines: Jotko (-190); Amedovski (+155)
- Tuesday: Jotko (-185); Amedovski (+150)
- Wednesday: Jotko (-185); Amedovski (+150)
- Thursday: Jotko (-185); Amedovski (+150)
- Friday: Jotko (-185); Amedovski (+150)
Prelims
Featherweight Fight: Movsar Evloev (146) vs. Choi Seung-Woo (145)
- Monday lines: Evloev (-280); Seung-Woo (+220)
- Tuesday: Evloev (-280); Seung-Woo (+220)
- Wednesday: Evloev (-325); Seung-Woo (+250)
- Thursday: Evloev (-350); Seung-Woo (+265)
- Friday: Evloev (-350); Seung-Woo (+265)
Welterweight Fight: Sultan Aliev (170) vs. Keita Nakamura (171)
- Monday lines: Aliev (-105); Nakamura (-125)
- Tuesday: Aliev (-115); Nakamura (-115)
- Wednesday: Aliev (-110); Nakamura (-120)
- Thursday: Aliev (-120); Nakamura (-110)
- Friday: Aliev (-120); Nakamura (-110)
Lightweight Fight: Alexander Yakovlev (155) vs. Alex da Silva Coelho (156)
- Monday lines: Yakovlev (-150); da Silva Coelho (+130)
- Tuesday: Yakovlev (-155); da Silva Coelho (+125)
- Wednesday: Yakovlev (-165); da Silva Coelho (+135)
- Thursday: Yakovlev (-145); da Silva Coelho (+115)
- Friday: Yakovlev (-145); da Silva Coelho (+115)
Heavyweight Fight: Marcin Tybura (249) vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (258)
- Monday lines: Tybura (-165); Abdurakhimov (+135)
- Tuesday: Tybura (-160); Abdurakhimov (+130)
- Wednesday: Tybura (-150); Abdurakhimov (+120)
- Thursday: Tybura (-150); Abdurakhimov (+120)
- Friday: Tybura (-150); Abdurakhimov (+120)
Light Heavyweight Fight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov (204.5) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (206)
- Monday lines: Antigulov (+175); Oleksiejczuk (-225)
- Tuesday: Antigulov (+170); Oleksiejczuk (-210)
- Wednesday: Antigulov (+165); Oleksiejczuk (-205)
- Thursday: Antigulov (+175); Oleksiejczuk (-225)
- Friday: Antigulov (+175); Oleksiejczuk (-225)
Lightweight Fight: Magomed Mustafaev (154.5) vs. Rafael Fiziev (155)
- Monday lines: Mustafaev (-185); Fiziev (+150)
- Tuesday: Mustafaev (-175); Fiziev (+145)
- Wednesday: Mustafaev (-115); Fiziev (-115)
- Thursday: Mustafaev (-115); Fiziev (-115)
- Friday: Mustafaev (-115); Fiziev (-115)