UFC to host cards Saturday in San Antonio, New Zealand

By ADAM HILL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 27, 2014 - 4:16 pm

The Ultimate Fighting Championship hosts two events Saturday for the second time in the organization’s history.

A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens headlines one card in San Antonio, which will air live on Fox Sports 1 (Cable 329) at 7 p.m.

That event includes a welterweight bout between Kelvin Gastelum and Nicholas Musoke. The preliminary card also airs live on Fox Sports 1 at 5 p.m.

The other card, including a main event middleweight fight between Nate Marquardt and James Te Huna, takes place in Auckland, New Zealand, early Saturday. The main card begins at 2 a.m., exclusively on the UFC’s online platform, Fight Pass.

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