UFC Vegas 116 pulls off late scramble to add new bout on fight week for second consecutive Apex card
Several adjustments have been made to Saturday’s UFC card in Las Vegas.
Last weekend’s UFC Winnipeg card took a hit several days before fight nightwith a matchup being rescheduled for a later date.
Fights falling via or changing opponents being discovered on quick discover isn’t unusual in fight sports activities.
However, after UFC Vegas 115 added a whole new matchup to the card simply days out from the occasion, this has now occurred for the second consecutive occasion on the Apex.
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UFC indicators Lucas Brennan to face Francis Marshall on April 25 Apex card
On Saturday night time, Aljamain Sterling looks to halt Youssef Zalal’s winning streak in a conflict of featherweight contenders in the primary occasion.
It was highlighted final week that if the promotion have been unable to discover a alternative opponent for one fight, there can be a complete of 11 bouts on the card.
Fans hoping for a shorter than ordinary Apex occasion may not be thrilled to see the promotion signal Lucas Brennan on quick discover to make a light-weight contest between him and Francis Marshall for April 25 (reported by Marcel Dorff).
Nine-fight Bellator veteran Brennan brings an 11-2 document to the desk to take on Marshall, who might be making his seventh look contained in the Octagon.
The card now stands at 13 fights due to Cody Durden stepping in to change Lucas Rocha and face Jafel Filho in a bantamweight matchup, as first reported by MMA Fighting.
Commentator Jon Anik previously got in trouble for criticizing UFC events for being too lengthy.
Anik suggested that he’d cut 150 fighters from the roster so as to have 10-fight playing cards that might be “a much more ingestible, palatable sporting event.”
Following the adjustments to the card, the present bout order now appears to be like like this for UFC Vegas 116:
Main card:
- Featherweight: Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal
- Women’s Bantamweight: Norma Dumont vs. Joselyne Edwards
- Lightweight: Rafa Garcia vs. Alexander Hernandez
- Bantamweight: Davey Grant vs. Adrian Luna Martinetti
- Bantamweight: Montel Jackson vs. Raoni Barcelos
- Heavyweight: Marcus Buchecha vs. Ryan Spann
Prelims:
- Middleweight: Rodolfo Vieira vs. Eric McConico
- Women’s Bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Michelle Montague
- Middleweight: Jackson McVey vs. Sedriques Dumas
- Bantamweight: Jafel Filho vs. Cody Durden
- Lightweight: Francis Marshall vs. Luke Brennan
- Welterweight: Max Griffin vs. Victor Valenzuela
- Women’s Strawweight: Talita Alencar vs. Julia Polastri
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