UFC Fight Night 249
| UFC Fight Night 249 | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 11, 2025 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night 249 (also known as UFC Vegas 101 and UFC on ESPN+ 107) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 11, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
Background
A women's strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas is scheduled to headline this event.[2] They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley on December 14, 2024 but the bout was moved to this event in order to serve as the main event.[3] The pairing first met at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October 2019 where Ribas won by unanimous decision.[4] A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie and former LFA Women's Bantamweight Champion Jacqueline Cavalcanti was reportedly scheduled for this event.[5] However, de Randamie announced her retirement and the bout was scrapped.[6][7]
Fight card
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | César Almeida | vs. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | ||||
| Featherweight | Christian Rodriguez | vs. | Austin Bashi | ||||
Announced bouts
- Women's Strawweight bout: Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas[2]
- Lightweight bout: Trey Ogden vs. Thiago Moisés[9]
- Middleweight bout: Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov[10]
- Welterweight bout: Uroš Medić vs. Punahele Soriano[11]
- Women's Flyweight bout: Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Nicolle Caliari[12]
- Welterweight bout: Preston Parsons vs. Andreas Gustafsson[13]
- Flyweight bout: José Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes[14]
- Light Heavyweight bout: Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes[15]
- Welterweight bout: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris[16]
- Lightweight bout: Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz[17]
- Women's Strawweight bout: Victoria Dudakova vs. Fatima Kline[18]
See also
References
- ↑ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC announces 2025 schedule including slew of new events". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alexander Behunin (2024-12-03). "Swerve! Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas 2 promoted to UFC Vegas 101 main event (not UFC Tampa)". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Sayan Nag (2024-08-19). "Report: Amanda Ribas-Mackenzie Dern Rematch Set for UFC Tampa on Dec. 14". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Evanoff, Josh (2019-10-12). "UFC Tampa Results: Amanda Ribas Dominates Mackenzie Dern". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ↑ Diego Ribas (2024-10-25). "Jacqueline Cavalcanti enfrenta ex-campeã no primeiro card do UFC em 2025" (in español). agfight.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ↑ Farah Hannoun (2024-10-31). "Former UFC champion Germaine de Randamie announces retirement from MMA". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ↑ Alexander K. Lee (2024-11-06). "Morning Report: Michael Chandler warned Jon Jones 'I'm coming to steal the show' at UFC 309". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night 249". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ↑ Martin, Damon (2024-09-29). "Trey Ogden vs. Thiago Moises booked for UFC event on Jan. 11". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ↑ Mike Heck (2024-10-05). "Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov targeted for Jan. 11 UFC event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ↑ Nikola Novaković (2024-10-12). "Uroš Medić se vraća u UFC oktagon: Rivala mu dobro poznajemo" (in српски / srpski). n1info.rs. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ↑ Harvey Leonard (2024-10-13). "UFC Matchmaking Bulletin: Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates Headlines UFC Vegas 100". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ↑ Jay Anderson (2024-10-15). "Preston Parsons Meets Andreas Gustafsson at UFC's January 11 Fight Night". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ↑ "UFC adds Felipe Bunes vs. Jose Johnson to first 2025 event". MMA Junkie. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ↑ Harvey Leonard (2024-10-27). "UFC Matchmaking Bulletin: Ikram Aliskerov Returns In Saudi Arabia". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ↑ Javier Delgado (2024-11-07). "Santiago Ponzinibbio Returns to Face Carlston Harris at UFC Vegas 101 in January". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ↑ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC announces 2025 schedule including slew of new events". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ↑ Nolan King (2024-11-21). "UFC strawweights Victoria Dudakova, Fatima Kline to fight on first card of new year". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
