UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
| UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 7, 2024 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady (also known as UFC Fight Night 242, UFC on ESPN+ 100, and UFC Vegas 97) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 7, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]
Background
[edit]A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady is expected to serve as the main event.[2]
A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Kyle Nelson was scheduled for this event.[3] However, Kattar withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Steve Garcia.[4]
A bantamweight bout between Aiemann Zahabi and Marcus McGhee was scheduled for this event.[5] However, the bout was removed from the card for unknown reasons.[6]
A featherweight bout between Žygimantas Ramaška and Nathan Fletcher was scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho.[7] Despite both men successfully weighing in, it was announced that the fight was canceled due to an undisclosed medical issue on Fletcher’s part and was re-scheduled to take place at this event.[8]
Fight card
[edit]| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Gilbert Burns | vs. | Sean Brady | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jéssica Andrade | vs. | Natália Silva | ||||
| Featherweight | Steve Garcia | vs. | Kyle Nelson | ||||
| Flyweight | Matt Schnell | vs. | Alessandro Costa | ||||
| Lightweight | Trevor Peek | vs. | Yanal Ashmouz | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Rong Zhu | vs. | Chris Padilla | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Spann | vs. | Ovince Saint Preux | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Jaqueline Amorim | vs. | Vanessa Demopoulos | ||||
| Lightweight | Isaac Dulgarian | vs. | Brendon Marotte | ||||
| Flyweight | Felipe dos Santos | vs. | André Lima | ||||
| Featherweight | Yi Zha | vs. | Gabriel Santos | ||||
| Middleweight | Andre Petroski | vs. | Dylan Budka | ||||
Announced bouts
[edit]- Featherweight bout: Žygimantas Ramaška vs. Nathan Fletcher[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nolan King (2024-06-24). "UFC summer schedule mapped out with 11 events in five cities". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2024-06-10). "Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady headlines UFC event on Sept. 7, also feat. Calvin Kattar vs. Kyle Nelson". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-06-07). "UFC books Calvin Kattar vs. Kyle Nelson for September". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Damon Martin (2024-08-03). "With Calvin Kattar out, Steve Garcia steps in to face Kyle Nelson at UFC Vegas 97". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Drake Riggs (2024-07-24). "Morning Report: Kamaru Usman targets winner of UFC 304 main event: 'I still got tread left in these tires' - Fight Announcements". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Black Belt Team (2024-08-13). "Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady: Explosive Fight at UFC APEX Promises to Shake Up Welterweight Rankings, on September 7". blackbeltmag.com. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ Parviz Iskenderov (2024-08-23). "UFC Vegas 96 weigh-in video: Cannonier vs Borralho, Hill-Ricci & TUF 32 finals set". fightmag.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ a b Damon Martin (2024-08-24). "Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Nathan Fletcher scrapped from UFC Vegas 96 at last minute". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
