UFC Fight Night 201 - Walker vs. Hill --- UFC 272 - Covington vs. Masvidal
UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green (also known as UFC Vegas 49) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 26, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Fight card
Main card (ESPN+)
Catchweight (160 lb) Islam Makhachev vs. Bobby Green
Middleweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Wellington Turman
Women's Flyweight Ji Yeon Kim vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan vs. Joel Álvarez
Middleweight Armen Petrosyan vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight Zhu Rong vs. Ignacio Bahamondes
Lightweight Terrance McKinney vs. Farès Ziam
Women's Strawweight Jinh Yu Frey vs. Hannah Goldy
Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez vs. Jonathan Martinez
Welterweight Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Micheal Gillmore
Flyweight Victor Altamirano vs. Carlos Hernández
Background
A lightweight bout between Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush was expected to serve as the event headliner. However on February 16, it was reported that Dariush withdrew from the event due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Bobby Green on just 10 days notice at a catchweight of 160 pounds.
A lightweight bout between Farès Ziam and Terrance McKinney is scheduled for the event. The pair was previously booked for UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate in last November, but it was scrapped a few hours before taking place due to one of McKinney\'s cornermen testing positive for COVID-19.
A heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Marcin Tybura was scheduled for the event. However in mid January, the bout was moved to UFC 273.
A women\'s bantamweight bout between Wu Yanan and Josiane Nunes was scheduled for the event. However, Wu was pulled from the fight for undisclosed reasons and she was replaced by promotional newcomer Jennifer Gonzalez. In turn, Gonzalez was released from UFC one week ahead of the event for undisclosed reasons. She was replaced by promotional newcomer Ramona Pascual.
Makhmud Muradov was expected to face Misha Cirkunov in a middleweight bout at the event. However, Muradov pulled out in late January due to a hand injury and was replaced by Wellington Turman.
A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Spann and Ion Cuțelaba was expected to take place at the event. However in early February, Spann was injured and the bout was postponed.
Jonny Parsons and Michael Gillmore were expected to meet in a welterweight bout at the event. However, Parsons withdrew due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Ramiz Brahimaj.
