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UFC Fight Night 63: Mendes vs. Lamas is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on April 4, 2015 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Featherweight Chad Mendes vs. Ricardo Lamas
Lightweight Jorge Masvidal vs. Al Iaquinta
Lightweight Michael Chiesa vs. Mitch Clarke
Women's Bantamweight Julianna Peña vs. Milana Dudieva
Featherweight Clay Guida vs. Robbie Peralta
Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Women's Bantamweight Liz Carmouche vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight Gray Maynard vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Heavyweight Shamil Abdurahimov vs. Timothy Johnson
Middleweight Ron Stallings vs. Justin Jones
Background
The event will be the third that the organization has hosted at the venue and first since 2012. It is expected to take place at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, a rare time slot for UFC events held in the USA.
The event is expected to be headlined by a featherweight bout between Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas.
Jorge Masvidal was briefly linked to a bout with Bobby Green at the event. However, shortly after the bout was announced by the UFC, Green pulled out of the bout citing a leg injury and was replaced by Benson Henderson Subsequently, Henderson was removed from the bout with Masvidal as he was tabbed as a replacement for Stephen Thompson to face Brandon Thatch in the event headliner on February 14, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 60. On February 2, Al Iaquinta was announced as Masvidal's new opponent.
Clint Hester was expected to face Luke Barnatt at this event. However, Hester pulled out of the fight in early March due to a hurt foot. Subsequently, Barnatt was pulled from the card entirely in favor of a matchup with Mark Muñoz in May at UFC Fight Night 66.
Mar 17 - Updated fight card & background