UFC Looking To Book Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Dauakus For March 26th Main Event

UFC’s March 26th could soon receive a new main event. Heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus are reportedly being matched for the main event of that “Fight Night” card, per Ariel Helwani.

Should the matchup be confirmed, it would headline a card from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

This fight is being made after the previous headlining bout for UFC’s March 26th show was thrown out. Former champ Jan Blachowicz was originally scheduled to meet Aleksandar Rakic, but that fight was canceled after Blachowicz withdrew due to an injury.

Daukaus will be fighting to come back from his first UFC loss. He was stopped within a round in December, as former title challenger Derrick Lewis finished him with strikes.

Before that loss, Daukaus has attained four consecutive finish victories in the UFC.

The new matchup will be the fifth time that Blaydes has headlined a UFC card. His last fight was a win, going three rounds against Jairzinho Rozenstruick for a win in September.

Here’s how UFC’s March 26th card looks with the new main event in place.

Bout 15: Curtis Blaydes (15-3) vs. Chris Daukaus (12-4) (Heavyweight)

Bout 14: Michelle Waterson (18-9) vs. Amanda Ribas (11-2) (Strawweight)

Bout 13: Tucker Lutz (12-2) vs. Choi Seung-woo (10-4) (Featherweight)

Bout 12: Sara McMann (12-6) vs. Karol Rosa (15-3) (Bantamweight)

Bout 11: Askar Askarov (14-0-1) vs. Kai Kara-France (23-9) (Flyweight)

Bout 10: Montel Jackson (11-2) vs. Danaa Batgerel (10-2) (Bantamweight)

Bout 9: Matt Brown (23-18) vs. Bryan Barberena (16-8) (Welterweight)

Bout 8: Nate Landwehr (15-4) vs. Lerone Murphy (11-0-1) (Featherweight)

Bout 7: Joanne Wood (15-7) vs. Alexa Grasso (13-3) (Flyweight)

Bout 6: Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1) vs. David Dvorak (20-3) (Flyweight)

Bout 5: Aliaskhab Khizriev (13-0) vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov (24-4-1) (Middleweight)

Bout 4: Neil Magny (25-8) vs. Max Griffin (18-8) (Welterweight)

Bout 3: Marc Diakiese (14-5) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (6-1) (Lightweight)

Bout 2: Luis Saldana (15-7) vs. Bruno Souza (10-2) (Featherweight)

Bout 1: Aleksei Oleinik (59-16-1) vs. Ilir Latifi (15-8) (Heavyweight)