UFC 241: Cormier vs Miocic 2 fight takes place Aug. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims and main card on ESPN, ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass at 10 pm ET.

Cormier (22-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) is set to rematch Stipe Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in the main event of UFC 241 in August. The co-headliner will see former champ Anthony Pettis (22-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) welcome Nate Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC) back to the octagon at welterweight division.

UFC 241 Fight Card

Daniel Cormier (c) vs Stipe Miocic
Anthony Pettis vs Nate Diaz
Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa
Raphael Assuncao vs Cory Sandhagen
Derek Brunson vs Ian Heinisch
Gabriel Benítez vs Sodiq Yusuff

 

Nate Diaz has been booked to make his long-awaited return to the octagon against Anthony Pettis this summer.

Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC), who hasn’t fought since his loss to Conor McGregor in their August 2016 rematch, has verbally agreed to fight Pettis (22-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) in a welterweight fight at UFC 241 in August.

A person close to the situation confirmed to MMA Junkie that the matchup has been agreed to following an initial report from Yahoo! Sports. The person requested anonymity because the UFC has yet to formally announce the fight.

UFC 241 takes place Aug. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

Diaz was supposed to make his comeback last November in a matchup with Dustin Poirier at UFC 230. However, just weeks prior to the event, Poirier suffered an injury and was unable to compete. Diaz was never rescheduled against a new opponent for the card. UFC president Dana White repeatedly has said that he didn’t believe Diaz would ever return to the octagon.

Now, though, Diaz will fight ex-UFC and WEC titleholder Pettis, who made a thrilling welterweight debut in March. After a difficult run at lightweight, “Showtime” moved up to 170 pounds and scored a highlight-reel knockout of Stephen Thompson at UFC on ESPN+ 6.

The latest UFC 241 lineup now includes:

• Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic – for heavyweight title
• Nate Diaz vs. Anthony Pettis
• Paulo Costa vs. Yoel Romero

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UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will run it back with the man he took gold from last summer when he rematches Stipe Miocic at UFC 241.

The event takes place Aug. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

Following Friday’s UFC summer news conference, Cormier (22-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) and Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) had their first staredown for the rematch.

Paulo Costa has always been a big middleweight. Heading into his UFC 241 showdown with former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero, he looks absolutely massive.

Early on Thursday morning, the Brazilian knockout artist shared a photo to his Instagram account which shows him glazed in sweat, taking what is surely a well-deserved breather. His shoulders and arms look like those of a rhinoceros.

Watch the video above.

For more on UFC 241, check out the UFC schedule.