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UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateMarch 23, 2019 (2019-03-23)
VenueBridgestone Arena
CityNashville, Tennessee
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 6 or UFC Fight Night 148) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on March 23, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1]

Background

A welterweight bout between former two-time title challenger Stephen Thompson and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis is expected to serve as the event headliner.[2][3]

A bantamweight bout between Martin Day and Chris Gutierrez was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported that Day was pulled from the bout due to injury and he was replaced by Ryan MacDonald.[4]

Marlon Vera was expected to face Frankie Saenz in a bantamweight bout at UFC 235. However, the bout was cancelled on fight week when Vera pulled out due to illness.[5] The pairing is now expected to take place at this event.[6]

Nasrat Haqparast and Chris Gruetzemacher pulled out of their respective bouts, due to injury, against John Makdessi and Jesús Pinedo. Now Makdessi and Pinedo are scheduled to face each other.[7]

At the weigh-ins, Luis Peña weighed in at 148.5 lbs, 2.5 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit of 146 lbs. He was fined 30% of his fight purse and his bout against Steven Peterson will proceed at catchweight.[8]

Official fight card

Main Card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis
Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis
Lightweight John Makdessi vs. Jesús Pinedo
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Featherweight Luis Peña vs. Steven Peterson
Women's Flyweight Maycee Barber vs. JJ Aldrich
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Bryce Mitchell vs. Bobby Moffett
Bantamweight Frankie Saenz vs. Marlon Vera
Women's Flyweight Alexis Davis vs. Jennifer Maia
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Angela Hill
Bantamweight Ryan MacDonald vs. Chris Gutierrez
Flyweight Eric Shelton vs. Jordan Espinosa

[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Staff (2018-11-04). "UFC announces 2019 first quarter schedule: ESPN debut Jan. 19 in Brooklyn". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  2. ^ Ariel Helwani (2019-01-15). "Anthony Pettis will fight Stephen Thompson in UFC welterweight debut". espn. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. ^ Staff (2019-01-19). "UFC's return to Nashville official with Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis headliner". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  4. ^ David Tees (2019-02-27). "Report: Ryan MacDonald replaces Martin Day at UFC Fight Night Nashville". fightful.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  5. ^ Staff (2019-02-27). "Vera vs. Saenz scratched from UFC 235". ufc.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  6. ^ Marcel Dorff (2019-03-04). "Marlon Vera vs. Frankie Saenz again scheduled, this time UFC Nashville". mmadna.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04. Template:Nl icon
  7. ^ Canadian Press (2019-03-13). "Canadian John Makdessi gets new opponent for UFC card in Nashville". sports net.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  8. ^ Mike Bohn (2019-03-22). "Canadian John Makdessi gets new opponent for UFC card in Nashville". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  9. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2019-01-20.