Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus are out to remind everyone that UFC heavyweight supremacy is still in their sights. Blaydes vs. Daukaus headlines UFC Fight Night at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, this Saturday night.

Blaydes (15-3, 1 NC) has appeared primed for a breakout run on more than one occasion. Unfortunately, every time Blaydes builds momentum, he crashes face-first into a freight train. Stoppage losses to Francis Ngannou (twice) and Derrick Lewis have derailed Blaydes as a true contender and made him something of an afterthought among the heavyweight elite. Dismissing Blaydes is a mistake, though. “Razor” has the sharpest takedown and top grappling in the game and he’s always only a few tweaks away from making a play for the crown.

“We know he’s a very technical striker,” Blaydes said of Dauakus at media day. “He has nice, crisp boxing. Obviously, he has jiu-jitsu — he’s a black belt. So you’ve got to be prepared for whatever — heel hooks, knee bars, whatever type of craziness he might be trying to whip out. That’s the beauty of this division: Everyone’s a threat. There isn’t any heavyweight that you should take like, ‘He’s just a guy.’ It’s heavyweight. Any 250-pound man hits you in the face, it could be lights out. That’s enough for me to get my full attention.”

Daukaus (12-4) came up short in his first major test against top-level UFC competition. He , a litmus test in the division for those on the cusp of a title shot. It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire as Daukaus exchanges the division’s most prolific puncher for its most suffocating grappler. Daukaus is a well-rounded striker and a serious finishing threat. This is his chance to prove that he can keep step with other fresh heavyweight contenders like Tom Aspinall and Tai Tuivasa.

A women’s flyweight clash between Joanne Wood and Alexa Grasso serves as the card’s co-main event. Wood and Grasso are trending in opposite directions. Wood enters the contest off two consecutive losses while Grasso seeks to build a three-fight winning streak. The winner will likely hover just outside the UFC top five, and a win for Grasso could set her up for something big.

Plus, a flyweight contest in the men’s division could produce the next title challenger when Askar Askarov meets Kai Kara-France. Askarov has been nothing short of brilliant since joining the promotion in September 2019 with a 3-0-1 record. He fought former champion Brandon Moreno to a draw while topping Joseph Benavidez, Alexandre Pantoja and Tim Elliott. Kara-France, meanwhile, has bounced back from a submission loss to Brandon Royval with a pair of knockout wins over Cody Garbrandt and Rogerio Bontorin.

How to watch UFC Fight Night: Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Daukaus

Date: March 26 | Start time: 7 p.m. ET

Location: Nationwide Arena — Colombus, Ohio

Stream: ESPN+

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus will be broadcast on ESPN, and can be streamed live on ESPN+, and other live TV services. The main fight card starts at 7:00 p.m. ET with the preliminary bouts at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Here’s a look at the main card for Saturday, which will air on ESPN and :

[su_button url=”https://plus.espn.com/ufc” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Daukaus
Women’s Flyweight: Joanne Wood vs. Alexa Grasso
Welterweight: Matt Brown vs. Bryan Barberena
Flyweight: Askar Askarov vs. Kai Kara-France
Heavyweight: Ilir Latifi vs. Alexey Oleynik
Lightweight: Marc Diakiese vs. Viacheslav Borschev

And this is the full lineup for the prelims, which will also air on both ESPN and :

Welterweight: Neil Magny vs. Max Griffin
Women’s Bantamweight: Sara McMann vs. Karol Rosa
Bantamweight: Chris Gutiérrez vs. Danaa Batgerel
Middleweight: Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Denis Tiuliulin
Women’s Flyweight: Jennifer Maia vs. Manon Fiorot
FlyweightMatheus Nicolau vs. David Dvořák
FeatherweightLuis Saldaña vs. Bruno Souza