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UFC Fight Night 62: Maia vs. LaFlare is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on March 21, 2015 at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Ryan LaFlare
Welterweight Erick Silva vs. Josh Koscheck
Lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Tony Martin
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes vs. Shayna Baszler
Lightweight Gilbert Burns vs. Alex Oliveira
Featherweight Godofredo Castro vs. Andre Fili
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Akbarh Arreola
Featherweight Kevin Souza vs. Katsunori Kikuno
Lightweight Leandro Silva vs. Drew Dober
Lightweight Leonardo Mafra vs. Cain Carrizosa
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Jorge de Oliveira vs. Christos Giagos
Flyweight Bentley Syler vs. Fredy Serrano
Background
After hosting a PPV event at the venue and some others at HSBC Arena, the event will be the first Fight Night that the UFC has hosted at Rio de Janeiro.
The event was expected to be headlined by a bantamweight rematch between Urijah Faber and Raphael Assunção. However, on February 2, Assunção was forced out of the bout as his ankle, injured in mid-December of 2014, was slow to heal and he was unable to resume the proper training to prepare for the fight in that time frame. The UFC also removed Faber from the card and promoted a welterweight bout between Demian Maia and Ryan LaFlare to the main event.
Matt Wiman was expected to face Leonardo Santos at the event. However on February 11, Wiman pulled out of the bout citing a back injury and was replaced by Tony Martin.
Josh Thomson was expected to face Gilbert Burns at the event. However, on February 26, Thomson pulled out of the fight with an undisclosed injury, ducked, while Burns is expected to remain on the card against Alex Oliveira.
Ben Saunders was expected to face Erick Silva at the event. However on March 6, Saunders pulled out of the bout due to an injury. He was replaced by Josh Koscheck. Koscheck had previously fought just 21 days before this event at UFC 184, losing his fight against Jake Ellenberger.
Mar 04 - Updated fight card & background
Mar 17 - Updated fight card & background