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UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on November 15, 2014 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.
Official fight card
Fight card
Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum vs. Mark Hunt For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Welterweight Jake Ellenberger vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. Dennis Bermudez
Welterweight Edgar García vs. Héctor Urbina
Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez vs. José Alberto Quiñónez The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Bantamweight Final
Women's Bantamweight Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith
Welterweight Augusto Montaño vs. Chris Heatherly
Bantamweight Enrique Briones vs. Guido Cannetti
Bantamweight Marco Beltrán vs. Marlon Vera
Background
The event will be the first that the organization has hosted in Mexico and was so popular that all 21,000 tickets were sold out in 8 hours.
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Fabrício Werdum. However, on October 21, it was announced that Velasquez was forced to pull out of the bout due to an injured knee and was replaced by Mark Hunt. That also changed the originally planned title fight into an interim title bout.
Also featured on the card will be the featherweight and bantamweight finals of the inaugural installment of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America.
Norman Parke was expected to face Diego Sanchez at the event. However, Parke pulled out of the bout in early October citing a knee injury and was briefly replaced by Joe Lauzon. In turn, injuries to both Sanchez and Lauzon led to the pairing being scrapped altogether.
Erik Perez was expected to face Marcus Brimage at the event. However, Perez pulled out of the bout due to a shoulder injury. Brimage was then pulled from the bout as well and was subsequently matched up with Jumabieke Tuerxun at UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping.
Oct 29 - Updated fight card & background
Nov 11 - Updated fight card & background