UFC Fight Night 69 - Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne --- UFC 189 - Mendes vs. McGregor
UFC Fight Night 70: Machida vs. Romero is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on June 27, 2015 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)Middleweight Lyoto Machida vs. Yoel Romero
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Lorenz Larkin
Middleweight Antônio Carlos Júnior vs. Eddie Gordon
Middleweight Thiago Santos vs. Steve Bossé
Featherweight Hacran Dias vs. Levan Makashvili Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Joe Merritt
Welterweight Leandro Silva vs. Lewis Gonzalez
Welterweight Steve Montgomery vs. Tony Sims
Bantamweight Danny Martinez vs. Sirwan Kakai BackgroundThe event was originally expected to be held at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. However on May 15, the event was moved to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The fight card was also expected to feature the lightweight and bantamweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4. This was the first time a Ultimate Fighter Brazil Finale event would be held outside of Brazil. However, as the event approached, several international fighters experienced travel restrictions due to technical issues within the Bureau of Consular Affairs division of the U.S. State Department which produces travel visas. The issue led to a major altering of the card as multiple fights were postponed.
The lightweight and bantamweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4, will now be contested on August 1, 2015 at UFC 190.
A welterweight bout between Rick Story and Erick Silva was expected to serve as the main event. However, after the initial venue change, the bout was moved to a co-featured slot and the event will now be headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Yoel Romero. Also affected by the visa issues, Silva was pulled from the event and his bout against Story was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira.
A light heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov and Marcos Rogério de Lima was briefly linked to UFC Fight Night 69. However, the pairing was expected to take place at this event. Subsequently, the pairing was postponed again as de Lima faced visa issues.
A featherweight bout between Rani Yahya and Masanori Kanehara also planned for the event was shifted to the UFC Fight Night 71 event on July 15, 2015.
Chas Skelly was briefly linked to a bout with Hacran Dias at the event. However, Skelly was pulled from the card due to illness and replaced by Levan Makashvili.
A welterweight bout between Viscardi Andrade and Andreas Ståhl was scrapped as Ståhl suffered an injury in the week leading up to the event. Jun 26 - Updated fight card & background
