UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
| UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 25, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Cadillac Arena | |||
| City | Beijing, China | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 141) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on November 25, 2018 at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Beijing. The UFC previously visited Mainland China for UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in November 2017.[1]
A heavyweight rematch between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Francis Ngannou and Curtis Blaydes is expected to serve as the event headliner.[2] The pairing met previously in April 2016 at UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos, with Ngannou winning the fight via TKO stoppage at the conclusion of the second round.[3]
Fight card
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | vs. | Curtis Blaydes | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Wu Yanan | vs. | Shana Dobson | ||||
| Heavyweight | Hu Yaozong | vs. | Rashad Coulter | ||||
Announced bouts
- Women's Strawweight bout: Xiaonan Yan vs. Syuri Kondo[5]
- Women's Strawweight bout: Jessica Aguilar vs. Weili Zhang[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 Newswire (2018-08-05). "UFC to debut in Beijing on Nov. 25". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ↑ Ariel Helwani (2018-08-16). "UFC heavyweights Francis Ngannou, Curtis Blaydes to meet in Beijing". espn.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ↑ Damon Martin (2016-04-10). "Francis Ngannou beats Curtis Blaydes after nasty eye injury stops the fight". foxsports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ DNA, MMA (2018-08-25). "Aziatisch onderonsje tussen Yan Xiaonan en Syuri Kondo tijdens UFC Beijing". MMA DNA. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ↑ Tristen Critchfield (2018-09-24). "Jessica Aguilar to face Weili Zhang at UFC Fight Night Beijing on Nov. 24". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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