UFC Fight Night 190 official poster: Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov vie for title contention

A pivotal heavyweight clash will headline UFC Fight Night 190.

Rising star Ciryl Gane (8-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) faces Alexander Volkov (33-8 MMA, 7-2 UFC) on June 26 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, a fight which could very well determine the next No. 1 contender.

Unbeaten in his pro MMA career, Gane is off to a hot start in the UFC. After scoring a second-round knockout of former champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC 256, Gane outstruck Jairzinho Rozenstruik in his first octagon headliner in February.

Winner of three of his past four, Volkov is coming off back-to-back stoppage wins over Walt Harris and most recently a “Performance of the Night” knockout of Alistair Overeem in February.

Check out the official poster for UFC Fight Night 190 below (via Twitter):

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[ @Ciryl_Gane | @AlexDragoVolkov ] pic.twitter.com/ldjSrILo1h

— UFC (@ufc) June 10, 2021

The current UFC Fight Night 190 card includes:

• Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
• Maxim Grishin vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Michel Prazeres vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
• Justin Jaynes vs. Charles Rosa
• Raoni Barcelos vs. Timur Valiev
• Marcin Prachnio vs. Ike Villanueva
• Jai Herbert vs. Renato Moicano
• Warlley Alves vs. Ramazan Emeev
• Damir Hadzovic vs. Yancy Medeiros
• Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko
• Danilo Marques vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
• Nicolas Dalby vs. Tim Means

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