The UFC returns to Vancouver this weekend for a Fight Night card headlined by middleweight contenders Reinier de Ridder and Brendan Allen, plus a group of Canadians looking to win at home.

The last time the UFC held an event in the city – UFC 289 in June of 2023 – every Canadian fighter on that card earned a victory at Rogers Arena. On Saturday at the same venue, seven are featured. Four of the Canucks are favoured to wins their matchups, according to the betting odds, while three are entering the weekend as underdogs.

De Ridder will be looking to improve to 5-0 in the UFC and potentially earn a title shot at 185 pounds if he can manage to impressively defeat Allen who’s coming off a Fight of the Night victory in the summer.

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