UFC Fight Night 97 - Lamas vs. Penn --- UFC 205 - Alvarez vs. McGregor
UFC Fight Night 98 (The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale): dos Anjos vs. Ferguson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on November 5, 2016 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.
Official Fight Card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos vs. Tony Ferguson
Lightweight Diego Sanchez vs. Marcin Held
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliveira
Lightweight Martín Bravo vs. Claudio Puelles The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 tournament final
Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. Rashid Magomedov
Women's Strawweight Alexa Grasso vs. Heather Jo Clark
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Bantamweight Érik Pérez vs. Felipe Arantes
Catchweight (140 lbs) Marco Beltrán vs. Joe Soto
Welterweight Erick Montaño vs. Max Griffin
Bantamweight Henry Briones vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson
Lightweight Marco Polo Reyes vs. Jason Novelli
Featherweight Enrique Barzola vs. Chris Avila
Background
A potential lightweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos winner Tony Ferguson is expected to headline the event.
The lightweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 are expected to be contested at the event.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner Kelvin Gastelum was expected to face Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout at the event. However on September 14, Gastelum was removed in favor of a replacement bout against former lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone at UFC 205, one week later. Subsequently, Masvidal was removed from the card entirely rescheduled to face Jake Ellenberger the following month at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale.
As a result of the cancellation of UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn, a bout between Sam Alvey and Alex Nicholson was rescheduled for this event.
Guido Cannetti was expected to face Marco Beltrán in a rematch at the event. The pairing first met at one of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America's tournament bouts where Beltrán won a controversial decision. However on October 29, Cannetti was pulled from the bout after USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 15. He was replaced by former Bellator Featherweight champion and one time UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Joe Soto and the bout will be contested at a catchweight of 140 lbs.
Oct 25 - Updated fight card
Nov 3 - Updated fight card & background