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UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida (also known as UFC Charlotte) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on May 13, 2023, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Fight card
Main card (ABC / ESPN+)
Heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Jailton Almeida
Light Heavyweight Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker
Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez vs. Ian Garry
Welterweight Alex Morono vs. Tim Means
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight Matt Brown vs. Court McGee
Heavyweight Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman
Bantamweight Cody Stamann vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Light Heavyweight Carlos Ulberg vs. Ihor Potieria
Lightweight Natan Levy vs. Pete Rodriguez
Women's Flyweight Kim Ji-yeon vs. Mandy Böhm
Welterweight Bryan Battle vs. Gabriel Green
Women's Bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Tainara Lisboa
Background
The event will mark the promotion's fifth visit to Charlotte and first since UFC on Fox: Jacaré vs. Brunson 2 in January 2018.
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Anthony Smith and Johnny Walker was originally expected to headline the event. However, the UFC decided to promote an already scheduled three-round heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jailton Almeida to the five-round main event spot and downgrade the previous headliner to a three-round co-main event.
A women's flyweight bout between Kim Ji-yeon and Mandy Böhm is expected to take place at the event. They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak, but Böhm was forced to withdraw due to illness.
A welterweight bout between Jake Matthews and Gabriel Green was scheduled for this event. However, Matthews withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega middleweight winner Bryan Battle.
Natan Levy and Pete Rodriguez were originally expected to meet in a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simón, but the pairing was cancelled due to an undisclosed issue on Rodriguez's side. They were eventually rescheduled for this event.
A women's strawweight bout between Mackenzie Dern and former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela Hill was expected to take place at this event. However, the bout was instead moved back one week to headline UFC Fight Night 224.
