Cejudo-Moraes leads stacked card at UFC 238
UFC 238 is like a film with a terrific ensemble cast -- there isn't any one 大規模な 星／主役にする who 影を投げかけるs anyone else or makes it a must-see attraction on his or her own. The strength of the 投機・賭ける is in how all the pieces work together to create something special.
Saturday's 13-fight card at the 部隊d 中心 in Chicago is headlined by a 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 for the 空いている bantamweight 肩書を与える pitting 統治するing フライ級選手 champ Henry Cejudo against 殺到するing finisher Marlon Moraes. But it is also stacked from start to finish, 含む／封じ込めるing a number of matchups that will have 即座の and 継続している 衝撃s on several 重要な 分割s over the second half of 2019.
With a 勝利，勝つ at UFC 238, Cejudo (14-2, 8-2 UFC) would join Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and Amanda 修道女s as the fourth 闘士，戦闘機 in UFC history to 持つ／拘留する 肩書を与えるs in two different 負わせる classes 同時に. He would have 遂行するd the feat in 11 months, which is a staggering 業績／成就 on its own and only made more impressive by the fact that he knocked out then-bantamweight 肩書を与える 支えるもの／所有者 TJ Dillashaw -- who dropped 負かす／撃墜する to 125 続けざまに猛撃するs for the fight -- in between his フライ級選手 肩書を与える 勝利，勝つ in August and Saturday's 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 with Moraes.
But Moraes (22-5-1, 4-1 UFC) is no 平易な out. The former World 一連の Fighting 支持する／優勝者 has earned three straight first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 停止 勝利，勝つs over 最高の，を越す 10 対抗者s, four straight victories 全体にわたる and sports a 17-1 記録，記録的な／記録する over his last 18 外見s.
In the co-main event of the evening, フライ級選手 queen Valentina Shevchenko (16-3, 5-2 UFC) looks to defend her 肩書を与える for the first time in a 対決 with American 挑戦者 Jessica 注目する，もくろむ (14-6, 1 NC; 4-5, 1 NC in UFC).
The 支持する／優勝者 enters off a 支配的な 成果／努力 in her 肩書を与える-winning turn against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 and is a 大規模な favorite to 保持する the 肩書を与える. But 注目する，もくろむ is 3-0 in the UFC when competing at 125 続けざまに猛撃するs and 13-1 全体にわたる when fighting outside of the bantamweight 分割, where she 地位，任命するd a 1-5 記録，記録的な／記録する wit h one no contest over her first seven UFC 外見s.
Along with the twin 肩書を与える 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s 頂上に the marquee, Saturday's card also features an electric lightweight matchup between Tony Ferguson and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone; a pair of 決定的な fights between 階級d bantamweight 競争相手s; and 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s that could 決定する the next 肩書を与える 挑戦者s in both the women's strawweight and フライ級選手 分割s.
This is a 負担d fight card from start to finish -- the best of the year thus far -- and should 配達する 非，不，無-stop 花火s on Saturday night in Chicago.
--Field Level マスコミ
