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UFC Fight Night 193: Santos vs. Walker (also known as UFC Vegas 38) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 2, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Thiago Santos vs. Johnny Walker
Middleweight Kevin Holland vs. Kyle Daukaus
Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Niko Price
Middleweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Catchweight (158.5 lb) Alexander Hernandez vs. Mike Breeden
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight Joe Solecki vs. Jared Gordon
Women's Flyweight Antonina Shevchenko vs. Casey O'Neill
Catchweight (138.5 lb) Bethe Correia vs. Karol Rosa
Lightweight Jamie Mullarkey vs. Devonte Smith
Bantamweight Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Gaetano Pirrello
Women's Bantamweight Shanna Young vs. Stephanie Egger
Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez vs. Johnny Eduardo
Background
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title challenger Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker has been slated to headline the event.
A women's bantamweight bout between Aspen Ladd and The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters featherweight winner Macy Chiasson was expected to take place at the event. The pairing was initially scheduled for UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw, but it was removed from that card on July 19 after Chiasson suffered a stress fracture on her foot. At the weigh-ins, Ladd weighed in at 137 pounds, one pound over the bantamweight non-title limit, leading to the fight cancellation as Chiasson opted against accepting the weight miss.
A light heavyweight bout between Jimmy Crute and Jamahal Hill was initially targeted for the event. However in early September, the bout was rescheduled for two months later at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo.
A lightweight bout between Carlos Diego Ferreira and Grant Dawson was scheduled for the event. However, Ferreira pulled out of the fight in early-September citing an injury. Dawson was then rescheduled to face Rick Glenn at UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori.
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 welterweight winner Leonardo Santos and Alexander Hernandez were expected to meet in a lightweight bout at the event. However, Santos pulled out of the event due to undisclosed reasons. Santos was replaced by Mike Breeden.
At the weigh-ins, two other fighters missed weight for their respective bouts. Breeden weighed in at 158.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Bethe Correia weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two pounds and a half pounds over the women's bantamweight non-title fight limit. Both bouts are expected to proceed at a catchweight, as Breeden and Correia will be fined 20% of their purses, which will go to their opponents Alexander Hernandez and Karol Rosa respectively.
Oct 2 - Updated fight card & background
