UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia --- UFC Fight Night 74 - Holloway vs. Oliveira
UFC Fight Night 73: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on August 8, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Lightweight Michael Johnson vs. Beneil Dariush
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Sam Alvey
Heavyweight Jared Rosholt vs. Timothy Johnson
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Tom Watson
Flyweight Ray Borg vs. Geane Herrera
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)
Middleweight Uriah Hall vs. Oluwale Bamgbose
Women's Bantamweight Sara McMann vs. Amanda Nunes
Flyweight Dustin Ortiz vs. Willie Gates
Bantamweight Frankie Saenz vs. Sirwan Kakai
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Chris Dempsey vs. Jonathan Wilson
Bantamweight Marlon Vera vs. Roman Salazar
Lightweight Anthony Christodoulou vs. Scott Holtzman
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Glover Teixeira and Tennessee native Ovince Saint Preux.
Matt Van Buren was briefly linked to a bout with Jonathan Wilson at the event. However, Van Buren was removed from the card in early June citing injury and replaced by Jared Cannonier. In turn, Cannonier was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Chris Dempsey.
Joe Riggs was expected to face Uriah Hall at this event. However, Riggs was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer Oluwale Bamgbose.
Ian McCall was expected to face Dustin Ortiz at this event. However, McCall was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and was replaced by Willie Gates. Gates had previously fought only 27 days before the event, when he defeated Darrell Montague at The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale.
Jul 28 - Updated fight card & background
