UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | June 8, 2024 | |||
Venue | KFC Yum! Center | |||
City | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov (also known as UFC on ESPN 57) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 8, 2024, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Louisville and first since UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in March 2011.[1]
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Nassourdine Imavov is expected to headline the event.[2]
A bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios is expected to take place at the event.[3] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on February 24, but Rosas Jr. was forced to withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the pairing was initially pushed back one week to UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev before it was ultimately cancelled by the promotion.[4][5]
A middleweight bout between Roman Dolidze and Michel Pereira was briely announced as part of the event.[6] However, Pereira claimed he never signed any contracts for the fight and the bout fell through.[7]
Fight card
Fight card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Jared Cannonier | vs. | Nassourdine Imavov | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Dominick Reyes | vs. | Dustin Jacoby | ||||
Bantamweight | Raul Rosas Jr. | vs. | Ricky Turcios | ||||
Middleweight | Brunno Ferreira | vs. | Dustin Stoltzfus | ||||
Middleweight | Julian Marquez | vs. | Zachary Reece | ||||
Welterweight | Miguel Baeza | vs. | Punahele Soriano | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Lightweight | Thiago Moisés | vs. | Ľudovít Klein | ||||
Welterweight | Charles Radtke | vs. | Carlos Prates | ||||
Women's Flyweight | Andrea Lee | vs. | Montana De La Rosa | ||||
Bantamweight | Brad Katona | vs. | Jesse Butler | ||||
Bantamweight | John Castañeda | vs. | Daniel Marcos | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Eduarda Moura | vs. | Denise Gomes | ||||
Bantamweight | Cody Stamann | vs. | Taylor Lapilus | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Rayanne dos Santos | vs. | Puja Tomar |
See also
References
- ^ a b Nolan King (2024-04-17). "UFC Louisville official for June at KFC Yum! Center". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Jesse Holland and Alex Behunin (2024-04-25). "Jared Cannonier vs Nassourdine Imamov headlines UFC Louisville on June 8". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Nolan King, Danny Segura and Farah Hannoun (2024-04-11). "UFC rebooks Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Damon Martin (2024-02-24). "Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios scrapped from UFC Mexico City just before walkouts". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ Damon Martin (2024-02-27). "Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios no longer expected at UFC Vegas 87 on Saturday". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Drake Riggs (2024-05-09). "Roman Dolidze vs. Michel Pereira added to UFC Louisville". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2024-05-10). "Michel Pereira explains why he won't fight Roman Dolidze at UFC Louisville". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-04-18.