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Revision as of 20:23, 10 May 2023
| UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 8, 2023 | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on July 8, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena facility in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1]
Background
A UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between current champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner) Yair Rodríguez is expected to headline the event.[2]
A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja is expected to take place at the event.[3] The pair first met in an exhibition bout on The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions in 2016 which Pantoja won by second round submission.[4] They also met at UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman in 2018 which Pantoja won by unanimous decision.[5]
A UFC Middleweight title eliminator between former champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis is scheduled for the event.[6]
A lightweight bout between Jalin Turner and Dan Hooker is expected to take place at the event.[7] They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC 285 but Hooker withdrew due to injury.[8]
A flyweight bout between former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo and former Rizin Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape was expected to take place at the event.[9] However, Figueiredo withdrew after he was not medically cleared to compete. It is currently unknown if a replacement opponent will be sought by the promotion.[10]
Fight card
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | vs. | Yair Rodríguez (ic) | [a] | |||
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno (c) | vs. | Alexandre Pantoja | [b] | |||
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | vs. | Dricus du Plessis | [c] | |||
| Lightweight | Jalin Turner | vs. | Dan Hooker | ||||
| Middleweight | Bo Nickal | vs. | Tresean Gore | ||||
| Welterweight | Sean Brady | vs. | Jack Della Maddalena | ||||
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | vs. | Manel Kape | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Yazmin Jauregui | vs. | Denise Gomes | ||||
| Welterweight | Robbie Lawler | vs. | Niko Price | ||||
- ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
- ^ UFC Middleweight title eliminator.
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman[12]
See also
References
- ^ Jesse Holland (2023-03-02). "UFC 290 official for July 8 as part of 'International Fight Week' in Las Vegas". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2023-04-06). "Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez title fight on tap for UFC 290 in July". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Marc Raimondi (2023-04-12). "Brandon Moreno to face old rival Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 290". espn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Jeff Cain (2016-09-01). "The Ultimate Fighter 24, Episode 1: Tournament of Champions begins". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Staff (2018-05-18). "UFC Fight Night 129 'Maia vs. Usman' play-by-play, results & round-by-round scoring". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2023-04-21). "Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus Du Plessis added to UFC 290; Dana White says winner gets Israel Adesanya". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Nolan King (2023-04-21). "UFC 290 adds Robbie Lawler vs. Niko Price, Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Nolan King (2023-02-08). "Injured Dan Hooker out of UFC 285 bout vs. Jalin Turner". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2023-04-13). "Deiveson Figueiredo vs Manel Kape flyweight banger on tap for UFC 290". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2023-04-26). "Deiveson Figueiredo out of UFC 290 fight with Manel Kape, still not medically cleared to compete". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2023-05-05). "Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman Lands on UFC 290". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
