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Heated staredown ensues between UFC 216’s Ferguson and Lee — VIDEO

By Heidi Fang Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 24, 2017 - 10:15 pm
 
Updated August 24, 2017 - 10:27 pm

At a media day at the UFC headquarters to promote UFC 215 and UFC 216, Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee engaged in a heated staredown. The lightweights will vie for the interim UFC lightweight belt on Oct. 7 in Las Vegas.

UFC 215’s main event stars Demetrious Johnson and UFC flyweight title challenger Ray Borg also faced off. The women competing in the co-main event on the Sept. 9 card also squared off. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will put her belt on the line against Valentina Shevchenko.

Check out the video above.

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