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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 2, 2020 (cancelled)
VenueChesapeake Energy Arena
CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman (also known as UFC Fight Night 174 and UFC on ESPN+ 32) was a planned mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship originally planned to take place on May 2, 2020 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.[1] Due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, UFC president Dana White announced on April 9 that starting with the original UFC 249, all future events were indefinitely postponed.[2] The event was officially cancelled on April 20.[3]

Background

The event would be the third that the promotion has contested in Oklahoma City, following UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard in September 2009 and UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee in June 2017.[1]

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and Jack Hermansson had been slated to serve as the event headliner.[4]

A women's bantamweight bout between Sarah Alpar and Duda Santana was scheduled for the event. However, Santana was removed from the event for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Vanessa Melo.[5]

A women's bantamweight bout between Julia Avila and Karol Rosa was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris. However, the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6] The pairing was rescheduled for this event.[7]

Due to travel restrictions related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, some Brazilian fighters were unable to compete due to visa issues on the original date – Marina Rodriguez (who was expected to face former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Cláudia Gadelha) and Vanessa Melo (who was expected to replace Santana against Alpar).[8]

Cancelled fight card

Fight card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Jack Hermansson vs. Chris Weidman
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Philipe Lins
Featherweight Bryce Mitchell vs. Charles Rosa [a]
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark
Light Heavyweight Ed Herman vs. Da Un Jung
Featherweight Ryan Hall vs. Ricardo Lamas
Lightweight Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Drew Dober
Featherweight Edson Barboza vs. Josh Emmett
Women's Bantamweight Julia Avila vs. Karol Rosa
  1. ^ Moved to the new UFC 249.[9]

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jeff Patterson (2020-02-08). "UFC set to return to OKC's Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 2". oklahoman.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ Damon Martin (2020-04-09). "UFC 249, upcoming events postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, Dana White promises 'Fight Island' will proceed". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  3. ^ Steven Marrocco (2020-04-20). "UFC officially cancels four events due to coronavirus pandemic". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2020-02-20). "Chris Weidman vs. Jack Hermansson verbally agree to fight at UFC Oklahoma City". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  5. ^ Staff. "Vanessa Melo replaces Duda Santana against Sarah Alpar during UFC Oklahoma City". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-17. (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Nolan King and John Morgan (2020-03-15). "UFC postpones three events amid growing coronavirus outbreak". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  7. ^ Staff (2020-04-08). "Various battles for upcoming events have been announced". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-08. (in Dutch)
  8. ^ Staff (2020-04-09). "Jose Aldo among Brazilians out of UFC 250 and beyond because of visa issues during pandemic". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  9. ^ Brett Okamoto (2020-04-24). "UFC schedules three fight cards, led by UFC 249 on May 9 in Florida with no fans". espn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  10. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
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