UFC Fight Night 79 - Henderson vs. Masvidal --- The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale - Edgar vs. Mendes
UFC Fight Night 80: Namajunas vs. VanZant is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on December 10, 2015 at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Strawweight Rose Namajunas vs. Paige VanZant
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Michael Chiesa
Lightweight Sage Northcutt vs. Cody Pfister
Middleweight Elias Theodorou vs. Thiago Santos
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Tim Means vs. John Howard
Welterweight Omari Akhmedov vs. Sérgio Moraes
Middleweight Antônio Carlos Júnior vs. Kevin Casey
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling vs. Johnny Eduardo
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Andreas Ståhl
Welterweight Danny Roberts vs. Nathan Coy
Featherweight Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Phillipe Nover
Women's Strawweight Kailin Curran vs. Emily Kagan
Background
The event was expected to be headlined by a women's strawweight bout between Paige VanZant and Joanne Calderwood. However on October 28, Calderwood was forced to pull out of the event and was replaced by Rose Namajunas.
The event will be the first that the promotion has hosted at the venue and will be the first of three events in as many days in the Las Vegas Valley. It also marks the first North American card to air live exclusively on their subscription-based digital network, UFC Fight Pass.
A welterweight bout between Sheldon Westcott and Edgar Garcia, originally scheduled for this event was moved to UFC 195.
Lyman Good was expected to face Omari Akhmedov at the event. However, Good was pulled from the bout in late October and was replaced by Sérgio Moraes.
Michael Graves was expected to face Danny Roberts at the event. However, Graves pulled out of the bout on November 30 citing an injury and was replaced by Nathan Coy.
Dec 8 - Updated fight card & background
