UFC Fight Night 193 - Santos vs. Walker --- UFC Fight Night 195 - Ladd vs. Dumont
UFC Fight Night 194: Dern vs. Rodriguez (also known as UFC Vegas 39) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 9, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Women’s Strawweight Mackenzie Dern vs. Marina Rodriguez
Welterweight Randy Brown vs. Jared Gooden
Flyweight Tim Elliott vs. Matheus Nicolau
Women's Flyweight Sabina Mazo vs. Mariya Agapova
Middleweight Phil Hawes vs. Deron Winn
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Bantamweight Chris Gutiérrez vs. Felipe Colares
Heavyweight Alexander Romanov vs. Jared Vanderaa
Featherweight Charles Rosa vs. Damon Jackson
Women's Strawweight Lupita Godinez vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez
Lightweight Steve Garcia vs. Charlie Ontiveros
Background
A women's strawweight bout between Marina Rodriguez and Mackenzie Dern is expected to headline the event.
A middleweight bout between Phil Hawes and Deron Winn is expected to take place at the event. The pairing was initially scheduled to meet on July 17 at UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés, but Winn pulled out from that event citing a chest injury.
Michael Trizano and Chas Skelly were scheduled to meet in a featherweight bout at the event. However, two weeks before the event, Skelly was removed from the bout due to undisclosed reasons. A replacement is currently being sought.
A middleweight bout between Jamie Pickett and Laureano Staropoli was originally scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori after one of Pickett's coaches tested postive for COVID-19.
Sam Hughes was expected to face Lupita Godinez in a women's strawweight bout at this event. However, Hughes was pulled from the bout after testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by promotional newcomer Silvana Gomez Juarez.
Oct 8 - Updated fight card & background
