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Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke / Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol: Big fight preview

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Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke / Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol: Big fight previewDAZN
One of the best fight cards put together in years, here is everything you need to know, read and watch ahead of an epic night.

Riyadh Season is set to deliver yet again, as it cements its reputation of putting on the very best fights. Tonight will see an epic fight card with some of the best boxers in their divisions all on show.

We have a double headed main event with an undisputed light heavyweight title fight and a British heavyweight title bout. 

Add to that an IBF cruiserweight title and WBC women's featherweight belt on the line, and it makes for an event you will not be able to take your eyes off. 

The whole fight card is live on DAZN Pay-Per-View worldwide (excluding US and Canada, who can watch the entire undercard on PPV). 

It costs £19.99 for UK viewers and $19.99 for US and Canada fans. For prices in your region and to buy, click here.

In the meantime, get in the mood, with our Big Fight guide - everything you need to know for fight night.

The card and fight times

The main undercard will begin around 5pm UK time, 12pm ET, and 9am PT, which will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN. Beterbiev vs. Bivol is set to start with the ringwalks around 11.15pm UK, 6.15pm ET, and 3.15pm PT.

11.15pm  Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry BivolIBF, WBC, WBO and WBA light heavyweight titles
10pm Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer ClarkeFor Wardley's British heavyweight title
9pm Jai Opetaia vs. Jack MasseyFor Opetaia's IBF cruiserweight title
8pm Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta      Middleweight
7pm Skye Nicolson vs. Raven ChapmanFor Nicolson's WBC women's featherweight title 
6pm Ben Whittaker vs. Liam CameronLight heavyweight
5.35pm Mohammaed Alakel vs. Jesus GonzalezLightweight

Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke 2

One of the most anticipated fights of the year after their epic split decision draw back in March. The original contest will go down as one of the best in living memory, if ever, and the hope is this rematch will deliver even better.

Both fighters have shown respect for each other, but the tension and verbal jousting as certainly hotted up in fight week. 

As they compete for Wardley's British heavyweight title, both are claiming this time around they will deliver a knockout victory.

Clarke has stated: "Smack him up, I'm gonna smack him up differently, watch.

"I'm going to give him a boxing lesson and then just set him man, really hurt him."

Wardley has responded, saying: "The reality is he hit the canvas [in the first fight], and it's going to happen again.

"You can get up again if you want, you'll go back down. You can get up a third time if you want, you'll go back down."  

For the fight Clarke has weighed in at 271.3lbs, significantly heavier than the champion Wardley, who came in at 241.6lbs

 

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Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke odds

Call this one at your peril, Wardley to successfully defend his title with an outright win is 4/6 with DAZN Bet

Clarke is 6/5 to be declared the winner and the new champion. To be declared a draw again is 16/1

Wardley to win by knockout, TKO or DQ is 31/20, Wardley by the same methods is 27/10. To win by decision, Wardley is 16/5, Clarke 15/4.

For full DAZN BET odds and offers for the whole fight, click here.

*Odds correct of October 11

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol

Pundits, experts, journalists, current and ex fighters all seem to be struggling to pick a clear winner for undisputed light heavyweight title fight, which says everything about these two great fighters.

Beterbiev is 20-0, with a 100 percent knockout record - not bad. He last fought against Callum Smith in January. 

Bivol is 23-0 with a 52.17 percent knockout record - not bad either. His last fight was more recent than his opponent., beating Malik Zinad in June in Riyadh.

At the weigh in both men showed off spectacular physiques, with Bivol caming in heavier at 174.12lbs, and Beterbiev at 174.9lbs.

So, how can either be actually beaten, DAZN's Darren Barker, has tried to figure that out.

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Beterbiev vs. Bivol odds

How well-matched Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are is reflected in the betting, with the feeling it is very close to call. With DAZN BET Beterbiev is 11/10 to be declared the winner, while Bivol is 3/4 to have his hand raised in victory. The draw is 16/1.

In terms of method of victory, Beterbiev, 39, is 7/4 to win by knockout, TKO or disqualification, while Bivol is 6/1. For a winner declared by decision, Beterbiev is 6/1 and 33-year-old Bivol sits at 23/20.

*Odds correct of October 11

For full DAZN BET odds and offers for the whole Beterbiev-Bivol fight card, click here.

Beterbiev's brutal knockouts

100 percent knockout record tells you everything you need to know. When Artur Beterbiev hits you, you stay hit.

Here's some of his very best KO's.

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Beterbiev vs Bivol - The history

Both fighters have spoken openly about their upbringings, backgrounds and paths to this point. Both have fascinating back stories.

Bivol has revealed his parents decided to uproot their family from Kyrgyzstan to support his ambitions as a child.

"I cannot tell that they sacrifice all only because of me," he told DAZN. "They sacrificed for all of my siblings. They knew that we needed a good university.

"Even if it was not sport, it would be abroad, because at that time, you could not see the opportunities [at home]. My parents moved for us all."

For Beterbiev has discussed the role living in Montreal and being a Muslim boxer has played in his career

"They like sport," he told DAZN. "They like to watch sport, they like to do sport. I appreciate that they’ve chosen me. It is a different place in the world from where I was born."

"The first time I met my coach Marc Ramsay, he said he would like more Muslim boxers."

"[He said it] because they have discipline. They don’t drink, they don’t smoke, they go to sleep early."

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Elsewhere in the fight card

Build your fighter

Saturday's fight card go through the one attribute they'd like to take from another fighter on the card

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Chris Eubank Jr has to make a statement

Chris Eubank Jr final returns to the ring after 13 months. He's been enjoying the lifestyle in Riyadh but knows he has to be all business on Saturday night.

It feels now or never to get on the road to becoming a world champion, and must beat Kamil Szeremeta well to continue that journey.

"This is the most important fight of my career," Eubank Jr told DAZN during Tuesday's Grand Arrivals ceremony.

"So I have to go out there and make a statement, I have to perform"

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Ben Whittaker's stardust

Ben Whittaker has, as always been in dazzling and entertaining form in and out of the ring.

That's annoyed his opponent Liam Cameron, saying: "I'm sick of hearing his name being mentioned, I can't even watch him."

Not that Whittaker seems to care as he aims to continue his rapid rise.

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And, of course, when it comes to Ben Whittaker, what will his walk out be like on Saturday

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Jai Opetaia eyeing next big fight

IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia knows he cannot take Jack Massey lightly on Saturday, but if he sees him off then he knows the fight he would like next - Dmitry Bivol.

"That’s a fight that I would love to happen. I respect Bivol, I would love to share the ring with him.

"That chess match, that stylistic fight that people watch over and over again, they’re the fights that I grew up watching."

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Skye Nicolson in confident mood

Skye Nicolson buts her WBC women's featherweight title on the line against Brit Raven Chapman.

Both fighters are unbeaten, with champion Nicolson oozing confidence ahead of the bout.

Nicolson said on DAZN: "She's aggressive, she's game. She's happy to take shots and get in close when she's more effective at closer range.

"But, very easy to read. I think she's got slow feet," 

But is there a danger of underestimating Chapman?

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What's happened in Fight week?

Friday: Weigh in

At the weigh in Bivol came in the marginally heavier of the two, weighing 174.12lbs, a shade under the division limit, with Beterbiev at 174.9lbs.

Both men cutting relaxed figures with spectacular physiques throughout as they engaged in a stoic face-off before parting ways.

For Wardley and Clarke, the defending British champion Wardley came in significantly lighter than his challenger at 241.6lbs, with Clarke at 271.3lbs

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Thursday: Final press conference

As expected, with nerves, tension and adrenaline building, the final press conference delivered some real sparks. 

Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in particular went at each other, trading some cutting barbs.

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Wednesday: Open workouts highlights

Wednesday saw the open workouts as each fighter went through their paces with their trainers in front of the media. 

They also took time to speak to the DAZN presentation team.

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Beterbiev used the open workouts to show off the incredible strength in his hands - wow

 

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Tuesday: Grand Arrivals

Here they come. The fighters arrive in style in Riyadh.

All looked calm and relaxed, and, as you would expect, all were very confident.

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Watch Wardley vs. Clarke / Beterbiev vs. Bivol and huge undercard on DAZN

Watch Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol and the full fight card on October 12 on DAZN Pay-Per-View, which includes Fabio Wardley, Frazer Clark, Chris Eubank Jr, Jai Opetaia, Ben Whittaker and Skye Nicolson all fighting.

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