UFC Fight Night 71 - Mir vs. Duffee --- UFC on Fox 16 - Dillashaw vs. Barão 2
UFC Fight Night 72: Bisping vs. Leites is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on July 18, 2015 at the The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Michael Bisping vs. Thales Leites
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. Evan Dunham
Lightweight Joseph Duffy vs. Ivan Jorge
Women's Strawweight Joanne Calderwood vs. Cortney Casey-Sanchez
Welterweight Leon Edwards vs. Pawel Pawlak
Lightweight Steven Ray vs. Leonardo Mafra
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Flyweight Patrick Holohan vs. Vaughan Lee
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi vs. Hans Stringer
Lightweight Mickael Lebout vs. Teemu Packalén
Featherweight Robert Whiteford vs. Paul Redmond
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Marcus Brimage vs. Jimmie Rivera
Heavyweight Daniel Omielanczuk vs. Chris De La Rocha
Background
After previously hosting 15 events at various locations around the United Kingdom, the event will be the first that the promotion has hosted in Scotland. Ticket demand is high for the event, with all tickets selling out within a few hours of going on sale.
The event is expected to be headlined by a middleweight bout between veteran contender Michael Bisping and former title challenger Thales Leites.
Ian Entwistle was expected to face Marcus Brimage at the event. However, Entwistle pulled out of the fight in late June for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Jimmie Rivera.
Daniel Omielanczuk was expected to face Konstantin Erokhin at the event. However, Erokhin pulled out of the fight in late June citing an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Chris De La Rocha.
Jake Matthews was expected to face Mickael Lebout at the event. However, Matthews pulled out of the fight on July 9 due to an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Teemu Packalén.
Joanne Calderwood was expected to face Bec Rawlings at the event. However, Rawlings pulled out of the fight on July 10 due to an injury and was replaced by Cortney Casey-Sanchez.
Jul 15 - Updated fight card & background
