The UFC is heading north of that border this weekend, to Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a UFC Fight Night card topped with two huge flyweight bouts.

The main event will see former flyweight king Brandon Moreno attempt to end a two-fight skid when he takes on top contender Amir Albazi.

“The Assassin Baby” dropped his flyweight belt to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 290 before also dropping another split decision to Brandon Royval in February, and now Moreno has the chance to jump right back into the title conversation. he is able to end the six-fight winning streak that places “The Prince” at No. 3 in the UFC flyweight rankings.

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The co-main event of the evening is a possible women’s flyweight title eliminator bout between two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and Erin Blanchfield.

Namajunas bounced back from a loss in her flyweight debut against Manon Fiorot back-to-back
wins UFC Fight Night main events, while Blanchfield is coming off his own encounter with Fiorot that saw “Cold Blooded” suffer the first defeat of his UFC career.

Derrick Lewis vs. Jhonata Diniz

This huge heavyweight tilt gives Diniz a chance to move up the heavyweight rankings after starting his UFC career with two wins this year.

The Brazilian certainly won’t have an easy night’s work in Edmonton, as he faces a former title challenger in Lewis who added to his record number of knockout victories when he stopped Rodrigo Nascimento in an event main event of UFC Fight Night in May.

Charles Jourdain vs. Victory Henry

This may not be the most high-profile match on the card, but it promises to be an entertaining brawl between two well-rounded bantamweight fighters.

Jourdain will enter the night with considerable urgency after falling twice
fights and suffers a knockout loss to Jean Silva in June, while Henry is coming off a lopsided win over Rani Yahya that should give him some confidence ahead of a clash with “Air” in Edmonton.

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Mike Malott

Malott appeared to have secured a spot in the welterweight rankings before Neil Magny staged a sensational comeback in the final seconds of their UFC 297 fight.

“Proper” certainly can’t take this match with Trevin Giles lightly, but Giles is coming off back-to-back stoppage losses and it was Malott’s incredible finishing skills that earned him the opportunity to try and break through in the Top 15 welterweights with this. Magny match in January.

Jasmine Jasudavicius

Jasudavicius has been continually underestimated since joining the UFC Competitor Series in 2021, and in Edmonton she will have the chance to earn her third straight victory when she meets Ariane Da Silva, a longtime veteran of the promotion.

Da Silva had her own three-fight streak in her last outing against Karine Silva, and if Jasudavicius can overcome it, it would likely set the Canadian up for a Top 10 women’s flyweight matchup the next time she enters the Octagon.

Youssef Zalal

After a lackluster first run with the UFC, Zalal returned to the promotion with back-to-back finishes that put him on a five-fight winning streak overall.

“The Moroccan Devil” faces a tough test in Edmonton against Jack Shore, but with the once-undefeated Welshman currently on a 1-2 streak in his last three fights, this presents a huge opportunity for Zalal to win another big victory in the UFC.

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• Main event: Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi

• Co-main event: Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas

• Derrick Lewis vs. Jhonata Diniz

• Caio Machado vs. Brendson Ribeiro

• Marc-André Barriault vs. Dustin Stoltzfus

• Mike Malott vs. Trevin Giles

• Aiemann Zahabi vs. Pedro Muhoz

• Ariane Da Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

• Charles Jourdain against Victor Henry

• Jack Shore vs. Yoseff Zalal

• Alexander Romanov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

• Serhiy Sidey vs. Garret Armfield

• Chad Anheliger vs. Cody Gibson

• Jamie-Lyn Horth vs. Ivana Petrovic

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