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UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on August 30, 2014 at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California.
Official fight card
Fight card
Bantamweight bout: T.J. Dillashaw (c) vs. Joe Soto For the UFC Bantamweight Championship
Lightweight Tony Ferguson vs. Danny Castillo
Women's Bantamweight Bethe Correia vs. Shayna Baszler
Lightweight Ramsey Nijem vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
Lightweight Yancy Medeiros vs. Damon Jackson
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Lorenz Larkin vs. Derek Brunson
Heavyweight Ruan Potts vs. Anthony Hamilton
Lightweight Chris Wade vs. Cain Carrizosa
Background
The event was originally planned to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between the current champion Jon Jones and challenger Alexander Gustafsson targeted as the event headliner. However, that bout was pushed back a month and scheduled to headline UFC 178.
A Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Renan Barão was expected to headline this show. Their first fight, contested at UFC 173, ended in a fifth round TKO victory for Dillashaw. However, the day of the weigh ins, Barao had to be admitted to the hospital as a result of his attempts to cut weight. Dillashaw will now face UFC newcomer Joe Soto in the main event. Soto's opponent, Anthony Birchak, was removed from the card entirely.
Demetrious Johnson was expected to defend his Flyweight Title against Chris Cariaso in the co-main event.owever, on August 12, it was announced that bout would be moved to headline UFC 178 after Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier was delayed due to injury.
As a result of the cancellation of UFC 176, bouts between Danny Castillo vs. Tony Ferguson, Lorenz Larkin vs. Derek Brunson and Bethe Correia vs. Shayna Baszler were rescheduled for this event.
A heavyweight matchup between Ruslan Magomedov and Richard Odoms was official for this event. However, Odoms was forced to withdraw and the match was cancelled.
Justin Edwards was expected to face Yancy Medeiros at the event. However, Edwards pulled out of the event in the days leading up to the event citing an injury and was replaced by newcomer Damon Jackson.
Scott Jorgensen was expected to face Henry Cejudo at the event. However, Cejudo pulled out of the bout on the day of the weigh-in due to complications trying to cut weight.
Aug 28 - Updated fight card
Aug 15 - Updated fight card & background
Aug 30 - Updated fight card & background
