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==Announced bouts== |
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*Lightweight bout: [[Fabrício Camões]] vs. Josh Shockley<ref name="twomore" /> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 23:02, 5 September 2014
UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | October 25, 2014 | |||
Venue | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | |||
City | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on October 25, 2014 at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a Featherweight Championship rematch between the current champion José Aldo, and top contender Chad Mendes.[2] Their first fight at UFC 142, also contested in Rio de Janeiro, ended in a first round KO victory in favor of Aldo.[3]
The headliner was originally scheduled to take place on August 2, 2014 at UFC 176.[4] However, on July 2, Aldo pulled out of the fight citing a neck injury suffered during training.[5] Subsequent to Aldo's injury, that event was postponed on July 8, when the UFC announced they were unable to replace the original main event fight and with less than a month before the event, the decision was made to postpone the event – though the promotion said the numbering scheme for already scheduled pay-per-views after it, including UFC 177 in Sacramento on Aug. 30, would remain in consecutive order. The entire fight card was sporadically rebooked for other events.[6]
Jeremy Stephens has been linked to a possible bout with Lucas Martins at the event.[7] However, Stephens' manager indicated shortly after the fight announcement was leaked that they had no intention of taking the fight.[8]
Official fight card
Fight card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | José Aldo (c) | vs. | Chad Mendes | [a] | |||
Light Heavyweight | Glover Teixeira | vs. | Phil Davis | ||||
Flyweight | Scott Jorgensen | vs. | Wilson Reis | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Fabio Maldonado | vs. | Hans Stringer | ||||
Featherweight | Felipe Arantes | vs. | Andre Fili | ||||
Lightweight | Alan Patrick | vs. | Beneil Dariush | ||||
Welterweight | William Macario | vs. | Neil Magny |
- ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
Announced bouts
- Lightweight bout: Fabrício Camões vs. Josh Shockley[10]
See also
References
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2014-07-27). "Aldo-Mendes rematch set for Rio". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2014-07-27). "Aldo-Mendes 2 heads to Rio". ufc.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ Staff (2012-01-15). "UFC 142 results: Champ Jose Aldo levels Chad Mendes with first-round knee, punches". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2014-05-04). "Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 2 booked for UFC 176 on Aug. 2 in Los Angeles". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2014-06-02). "Jose Aldo injured, out of UFC 176". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ^ Matt Erickson (2014-07-08). "UFC postpones UFC 176 pay-per-view set for Aug. 2 in Los Angeles". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ Ivan Raupp (2014-09-03). "UFC agenda luta entre Lucas Mineiro e Jeremy Stephens para card no Rio (Brazilian Portuguese)". sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
- ^ Hunter Homistek (2014-09-03). "Jeremy Stephens' Agent Denies Stephens Will Fight Lucas Martins at UFC 179". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
- ^ "UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ^ Matt Erickson (2014-09-04). "Neil Magny-William Macario, Fabricio Camoes-Josh Shockley set for UFC 179". mmajunkie.com/. Retrieved 2014-09-04.