UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira
UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | October 19, 2024 | |||
Venue | UFC Apex | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira (also known as UFC Fight Night 245 and UFC Vegas 99) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 19, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]
Background
[edit]A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champion Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira is expected to serve as the main event.[2] The pairing was expected to take place at UFC 306, before being moved to this event.[3]
Former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Rayanne dos Santos was expected to face Alice Ardelean in a women's strawweight bout at the event.[4] However, Santos withdrew in early September due to a broken arm.[5] She was replaced by Melissa Martinez.[6]
Fight card
[edit]Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Anthony Hernandez | vs. | Michel Pereira | ||||
Bantamweight | Rob Font | vs. | Kyler Phillips | ||||
Flyweight | Charles Johnson | vs. | Su Mudaerji | ||||
Bantamweight | Brady Hiestand | vs. | Jake Hadley | ||||
Featherweight | Darren Elkins | vs. | Daniel Pineda | ||||
Flyweight | Matheus Nicolau | vs. | Asu Almabayev | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Bantamweight | Brad Katona | vs. | Jean Matsumoto | ||||
Women's Bantamweight | Joselyne Edwards | vs. | Tamires Vidal | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Jessica Penne | vs. | Elise Reed | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Melissa Martinez | vs. | Alice Ardelean | ||||
Heavyweight | Austen Lane | vs. | Robelis Despaigne |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-17). "Remainder of UFC schedule in 2024 fills out: 15 events across nine cities". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2024-07-26). "Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez moved from UFC 306 to Fight Night main event in October". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ Danny Segura and Farah Hannoun (2024-07-02). "Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez booked for Noche UFC at The Sphere". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Staff (2024-09-04). "UFC announces full lineup for Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez fight card on Oct. 19". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Matthew Wells (2024-09-06). "Rayanne Dos Santos out of UFC Fight Night 244 due to broken arm". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-09-23). "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 16-22)". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-08-26.