UFC Fight Night 100 - Bader vs. Nogueira 2 --- The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale
UFC Fight Night 101: Whittaker vs. Brunson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 27, 2016 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Robert Whittaker vs. Derek Brunson
Lightweight Jake Matthews vs. Andrew Holbrook
Welterweight Kyle Noke vs. Omari Akhmedov
Featherweight Yusuke Kasuya vs. Alex Volkanovski
Light Heavyweight Tyson Pedro vs. Khalil Rountree
Women's Strawweight Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Dan Kelly vs. Chris Camozzi
Lightweight Damien Brown vs. Jon Tuck
Welterweight Richard Walsh vs. Jonathan Meunier
Flyweight Ben Nguyen vs. Geane Herrera
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Dan Hooker vs. Jason Knight
Bantamweight Marlon Vera vs. Ning Guangyou
Flyweight Yao Zhikui vs. Jenel Lausa
Background
This event will be the second that the organization hosted in Melbourne, with the first being UFC 193 in November 2015. That event was held at Etihad Stadium and broke the UFC's attendance record with 56,214 spectators.
The event was expected to be headlined by a middleweight rematch between former Strikeforce and UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza. The duo first met in September 2011 at Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov, when Rockhold won a unanimous decision to capture Souza's title. However on November 1, Rockhold was ruled out of the contest due to a sprained ACL. Subsequently, Souza is expected to be removed from the card entirely and rescheduled for another event. In turn, a middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner Robert Whittaker and Derek Brunson was elevated to serve as the event headliner.
As a result of the cancellation of UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn, bouts between Yao Zhikui vs. Jenel Lausa and Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor were rescheduled for this event.
On October 21, it was announced that Dominique Steele pulled out of his scheduled bout against Kyle Noke due to an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Omari Akhmedov.
The Ultimate Fighter: China featherweight winner Ning Guangyou was expected to face Marlon Vera at UFC 202. However, due to an out-of-competition failed test and following investigation concluding Ning ingested the substance without fault or negligence, the bout was moved to UFC on Fox: Maia vs. Condit. In turn, the bout was postponed again due to alleged visa issues for Ning, which restricted the timing of his travel.[10] The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
Nov 24 - Updated fight card & background