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UFC Fight Night 117: Saint Preux vs. Okami is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on September 23, 2017 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fight card
Main Card (FXX)
Light Heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux vs. Yushin Okami
Women's Strawweight Cláudia Gadelha vs. Jéssica Andrade
Lightweight Takanori Gomi vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Light Heavyweight Gökhan Saki vs. Henrique da Silva
Featherweight Teruto Ishihara vs. Rolando Dy
Featherweight Mizuto Hirota vs. Charles Rosa
Preliminary Card (FXX)
Welterweight Keita Nakamura vs. Alex Morono
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Ulka Sasaki
Women's Strawweight Syuri Kondo vs. Chan-Mi Jeon
Welterweight Shinsho Anzai vs. Luke Jumeau
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Daichi Abe vs. Hyun Gyu Lim
Background
The event will be the fifth that the organization has hosted in Saitama, and first since UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson in September 2015.
A light heavyweight rematch between Yushin Okami and Ovince Saint Preux is expected to headline this event. The pairing met previously at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux in November 2014 where Saint Preux defeated Rua via knockout in the fight's opening minute. On September 16th, Rua withdrew from the fight due to injury and a returning Yushin Okami was announced to fight Saint Preux.
Naoki Inoue was expected to face Jenel Lausa at the event, but pulled out on September 9 due to a dislocated shoulder. No replacement was announced as of now.
Sep 17 - Updated fight card & background
