There will be fists and feet flying around the Octagon this Saturday night, as the UFC will take its talents to South Beach at the BB&T Center in Fort Lauderdale.
The event will get started at 5:30 p.m. ET with three fights on the early prelims available on ESPN 2. The action will kick over to ESPN at 7 p.m. ET for a four-fight prelims card before culminating with a six-fight main card available exclusively on ESPN+.
UFC Fight Night 150 is headlined by a middleweight clash between Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza and Jack 'The Joker' Hermansson, who are the division's respective No. 4 and No. 10 contenders.
This main event took awhile to come to fruition, as No. 2 contender Yoel Romero was originally slated to fight No. 7 contender Paulo Costa before Souza replaced the Costa. Then Romero was forced to withdraw due to an illness, leading to Hermansson agreeing to the bout on fewer than four weeks notice.
Souza was last seen scoring a vicious knockout on former middleweight champion Chris Weidman at UFC 230 in November.
The victory was Souza's fourth in his last seven fights, with his only losses since 2011 coming against Romero (via split-decision), current middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (via TKO) as well as No. 5 contender Kelvin Gastelum (via split-decision).
Hermansson has actually fought twice since that moment, submitting both Gerald Meerschaert and David Branch via guillotine choke during the past four-and-a-half months. The latter bout against Branch took place less than one month ago on March 30, although it took Hermansson just 49 seconds to earn his Performance of the Night award.
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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 150
Middleweight Fight: Ronaldo Souza (185.5) vs. Jack Hermansson (185)
- Monday lines: Souza (-190); Hermansson (+155)
- Tuesday: Souza (-200); Hermansson (+160)
- Wednesday: Souza (-210); Hermansson (+170)
- Thursday: Souza (-205); Hermansson (+165)
- Friday: Souza (-205); Hermansson (+165)
Heavyweight Fight: Greg Hardy (264.5) vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov (262)
- Monday lines: Hardy (-280); Smoliakov (+220)
- Tuesday: Hardy (-310); Smoliakov (+240)
- Wednesday: Hardy (-335); Smoliakov (+255)
- Thursday: Hardy (-340); Smoliakov (+260)
- Friday: Hardy (-340); Smoliakov (+260)
Welterweight Fight: Alex Oliveira (171) vs. Mike Perry (171)
- Monday lines: Oliveira (-200); Perry (+160)
- Tuesday: Oliveira (-190); Perry (+155)
- Wednesday: Oliveira (-185); Perry (+150)
- Thursday: Oliveira (-175); Perry (+145)
- Friday: Oliveira (-175); Perry (+145)
Light Heavyweight Fight: Glover Teixeira (205.5) vs. Ion Cutelaba (205)
- Monday lines: Teixeira (+125); Cutelaba (-155)
- Tuesday: Teixeira (-110); Cutelaba (-120)
- Wednesday: Teixeira (-120); Cutelaba (-110)
- Thursday: Teixeira (-120); Cutelaba (-110)
- Friday: Teixeira (-120); Cutelaba (-110)
Bantamweight Fight: John Lineker (135) vs. Cory Sandhagen (135)
- Monday lines: Lineker (-140); Sandhagen (+110)
- Tuesday: Lineker (-135); Sandhagen (+105)
- Wednesday: Lineker (-150); Sandhagen (+120)
- Thursday: Lineker (-155); Sandhagen (+125)
- Friday: Lineker (-155); Sandhagen (+125)
Lightweight Fight: Roosevelt Roberts (155) vs. Thomas Gifford (156)
- Monday lines: Roberts (-350); Gifford (+265)
- Tuesday: Roberts (-400); Gifford (+300)
- Wednesday: Roberts (-400); Gifford (+300)
- Thursday: Roberts (-450); Gifford (+325)
- Friday: Roberts (-450); Gifford (+325)
Prelims
Welterweight Fight: Ben Saunders (170.5) vs. Takashi Sato (170.5)
- Monday lines: Saunders (+175); Sato (-225)
- Tuesday: Saunders (+175); Sato (-225)
- Wednesday: Saunders (+175); Sato (-225)
- Thursday: Saunders (+170); Sato (-210)
- Friday: Saunders (+170); Sato (-210)
Heavyweight Fight: Andrei Arlovski (247) vs. Augusto Sakai (264)
- Monday lines: Arlovski (+115); Sakai (-145)
- Tuesday: Arlovski (+120); Sakai (-150)
- Wednesday: Arlovski (+120); Sakai (-150)
- Thursday: Arlovski (+120); Sakai (-150)
- Friday: Arlovski (+120); Sakai (-150)
Women Strawweight Fight: Carla Esparza (115) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115.5)
- Monday lines: Esparza (-125); Jandiroba (-105)
- Tuesday: Esparza (EVEN); Jandiroba (-130)
- Wednesday: Esparza (EVEN); Jandiroba (-130)
- Thursday: Esparza (-105); Jandiroba (-125)
- Friday: Esparza (-105); Jandiroba (-125)
Lightweight Fight: Gilbert Burns (156) vs. Mike Davis (155)
- Monday lines: Burns (-275); Davis (+215)
- Tuesday: Burns (-260); Davis (+200)
- Wednesday: Burns (-260); Davis (+200)
- Thursday: Burns (-265); Davis (+205)
- Friday: Burns (-265); Davis (+205)
Early Prelims
Lightweight Fight: Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Jason Gonzalez (156)
- Monday lines: Miller (-155); Gonzalez (+125)
- Tuesday: Miller (-145); Gonzalez (+115)
- Wednesday: Miller (-150); Gonzalez (+120)
- Thursday: Miller (-145); Gonzalez (+115)
- Friday: Miller (-145); Gonzalez (+115)
Women Strawweight Fight: Angela Hill (115.5) vs. Jodie Esquibel (115)
- Monday lines: Hill (-220); Esquibel (+180)
- Tuesday: Hill (-500); Esquibel (+350)
- Wednesday: Hill (-550); Esquibel (+375)
- Thursday: Hill (-600); Esquibel (+400)
- Friday: Hill (-600); Esquibel (+400)
Welterweight Fight: Court McGee (170.5) vs. Dhiego Lima (171)
- Monday lines: McGee (-170); Lima (+140)
- Tuesday: McGee (-170); Lima (+140)
- Wednesday: McGee (-170); Lima (+140)
- Thursday: McGee (-190); Lima (+155)
- Friday: McGee (-190); Lima (+155)
