UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland
| UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 3, 2022 | |||
| Venue | Amway Center | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland (also known as UFC on ESPN 42) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 3, 2022, at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, United States.[1][2]
Background
The promotion has previously contested three events at Amway Center in Orlando, most recently in February 2018 for UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens.[2]
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland is expected to headline the event.[3]
Yazmin Jauregui and Istela Nunes are scheduled to meet in a women's strawweight bout.[4] They were originally booked to fight at UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz four months earlier, but Nunes withdrew due to injury.[5]
Fight card
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Stephen Thompson | vs. | Kevin Holland | ||||
| Heavyweight | Tai Tuivasa | vs. | Sergei Pavlovich | ||||
| Welterweight | Bryan Barberena | vs. | Rafael dos Anjos | ||||
| Flyweight | Matheus Nicolau | vs. | Matt Schnell | ||||
| Middleweight | Derek Brunson | vs. | Jack Hermansson | ||||
| Middleweight | Eryk Anders | vs. | Kyle Daukaus | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Niko Price | vs. | Philip Rowe | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Angela Hill | vs. | Emily Ducote | ||||
| Lightweight | Clay Guida | vs. | Scott Holtzman | ||||
| Lightweight | Michael Johnson | vs. | Marc Diakiese | ||||
| Featherweight | Darren Elkins | vs. | Jonathan Pearce | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Tracy Cortez | vs. | Amanda Ribas | ||||
| Lightweight | Natan Levy | vs. | Genaro Valdez | ||||
| Featherweight | Marcelo Rojo | vs. | Francis Marshall | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Yazmin Jauregui | vs. | Istela Nunes | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Nolan King (2022-08-24). "UFC targets Orlando to host December event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ a b Alexander K. Lee (2022-09-22). "UFC Orlando officially announced for Dec. 3". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ Nolan King (2022-10-05). "UFC Orlando gets Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin Holland headliner". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Mike Heck (2022-10-05). "Yazmin Jauregui vs. Istela Nunes set for UFC Orlando". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Steve Duncan (2022-07-14). "Nunes injured, Iasmin Lucindo faces Yazmin Jauregui at UFC San Diego". mma.uno. Retrieved 2022-07-17. (in Spanish)
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
