The UFC Fight Night 66 event comes to us Saturday from the Philippines and will air on Fox Sports 1. The main event features Frankie Edgar taking on Urijah Faber in a meaningful featherweight bout, and the overall card is heavy on talent from the far east and Asia. The under-card the UFC has scheduled for this event especially is looking to develop some of that foreign talent,
The main bout on the under-card features Korean veteran Tae Hyun Bang (17-8) of Korea taking on Jon Tuck (8-2) of Guam. Both men have UFC experience and have notched wins in the octagon, however both need a win to start moving upwards in the rankings. Bang is 1-1 in the UFC and Tuck has been alternating wins and losses, going 2-2 on the big show.
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Mark Eddiva (6-1) will be fighting in his home country as he is trying to improve on his 1-1 UFC record. He lost his last outing to Edimilson Souza late in the second round. For this match, he gets UFC debutante Levan Makashvili, who sports an identical 6-1 record to Eddiva.
Canada’s Kajan Johnson returns to the UFC to face Lipeng Zhang of China. Johnson lost his UFC debut and is 0-1 with the big show, while Zhang went 2-0 to start out his career with the UFC before losing in his last outing to Chris Wade.
The card will air on Fox Sports 1 and has 12 fights scheduled in all. Check your local listings for a start time. Above are the undercard odds for the UFC’s Fight Night 66 event scheduled for the Philippines on May 16.
