UFC Fight Night 195 - Ladd vs. Dumont --- UFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
UFC Fight Night 196: Costa vs. Vettori (also known as UFC Vegas 41) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 23, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Catchweight (195 lb) Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori
Lightweight Grant Dawson vs. Rick Glenn
Women's Bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Joselyne Edwards
Featherweight Alex Caceres vs. Seung Woo Choi
Welterweight Dwight Grant vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Light Heavyweight Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ike Villanueva
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Middleweight Jun Yong Park vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Lightweight David Onama vs. Mason Jones
Women's Strawweight Tabatha Ricci vs. Maria de Oliveira Neta
Middleweight Jamie Pickett vs. Laureano Staropoli
Lightweight Khama Worthy vs. Jai Herbert
Flyweight Jeff Molina vs. Daniel Lacerda
Women's Strawweight Lívia Renata Souza vs. Randa Markos
Bantamweight Jonathan Martinez vs. Zviad Lazishvili
Background
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship title challengers Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori has been slated to headline the event.
Aaron Phillips and Kris Moutinho was scheduled for the bantamweight bout at the event. However in-mid-September, Moutinho was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Jonathan Martinez. In turn, Philips withdrew from the bout due to illness. A replacement is currently being sought by the promotion.
A welterweight bout between Dwight Grant and Gabriel Green was briefly linked to the event. However, Green was removed from the contest in late September due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Francisco Trinaldo.
A middleweight bout between Jamie Pickett and Laureano Staropoli was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez, but it was moved to this event after one of Pickett's coaches tested postive for COVID-19.
A lightweight between Alan Patrick and Mason Jones was scheduled to the event. However, Patrick withdrew from bout and he was replaced by newcomer David Onama.
Oct 20 - Updated fight card & background
Oct 21 - Updated fight card
