UFC Fight Night 194 - Dern vs. Rodriguez --- UFC Fight Night 196 - Costa vs. Vettori
UFC Fight Night 195: Ladd vs. Dumont (also known as UFC Vegas 40) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 16, 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 Featherweight Aspen Ladd vs. Norma Dumont
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Carlos Felipe
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Erick Gonzalez
Middleweight Andrew Sanchez vs. Bruno Silva
Women's Flyweight Manon Fiorot vs. Mayra Bueno Silva
Middleweight Julian Marquez vs. Jordan Wright
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Danny Roberts vs. Ramazan Emeev
Women's Flyweight Sijara Eubanks vs. Luana Carolina
Featherweight Nate Landwehr vs. Ľudovít Klein
Bantamweight Danaa Batgerel vs. Brandon Davis
Women's Strawweight Istela Nunes vs. Ariane Carnelossi
Background
A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and former Strikeforce and UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate was expected to headline the event. However, on September 22, the bout was pulled from the card after Tate tested positive for COVID-19. In turn, a women's featherweight bout between fellow former bantamweight champion Holly Holm and Norma Dumont was elevated to the main event. However on October 6, it was reported that Holm was forced to pull out of the event due to injury. She was replaced by Aspen Ladd.
A bantamweight bout between Timur Valiev and Daniel Santos was expected to take place at the event. However, in mid-September, Valiev withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Marcelo Rojo. In turn, Santos withdrew for unknown reasons and the bout was scrapped.
A women's flyweight bout between Manon Fiorot and Mayra Bueno Silva is expected to take place at this event. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC 266 but was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols.
A women's flyweight bout between Luana Carolina and Maryna Moroz was expected to take place at this event. However in late September, Moroz pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Sijara Eubanks.
A light heavyweight bout between Kennedy Nzechukwu and Da Un Jung was expected to take place at the event. However, the bout was postponed to UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez for unknown reasons.
