There is a Philly Connection on UFC 252 Card

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Las Vegas: In Sports, there are Rivalries that can last forever. That is what we are going to see on Saturday night in the UFC as Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier will battle for the 3rd time for the UFC Heavyweight title. Both Stipe & Cormier each have a win against each other for the title, Cormier won the first fight by KO at UFC 226 in July 2018, Stipe got his revenge with a TKO win in the rematch at UFC 241 on August 2019.

There is a Philadelphia Connection on the card. Chris Daukaus will be making his UFC debut as he takes on Parker Porter in a heavyweight battle.  Daukaus is 8-3, his last fight was in August 2019 with a TKO win over Daniel Holmes at Cage Fury Fighting Championships 77 in Atlantic City.

Chris Daukaus joins his Brother Kyle in the UFC, Kyle made his UFC debut on the undercard of UFC on ESPN: POIRIER vs HOOKER which was June 27 and he would lose a close decision. 

Chris Daukaus fight will be 2nd on the Prelims on UFC Fight Pass starting at 7 PM, Daukaus weighs in at 241 LBS for his fight

The Main Card will begin at 10 PM on ESPN+ PPV from the UFC APEX 

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