UFC Fight Night 118 - Cerrone vs. Till --- UFC 217 - Bisping vs. St-Pierre
UFC Fight Night 119: Brunson vs. Machida is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 28, 2017 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.
Fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Lyoto Machida
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Colby Covington
Bantamweight Pedro Munhoz vs. Rob Font
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jim Miller
Middleweight Thiago Santos vs. Jack Hermansson
Bantamweight John Lineker vs. Marlon Vera
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)
Welterweight Vicente Luque vs. Niko Price
Middleweight Antônio Carlos Júnior vs. Jack Marshman
Lightweight Hacran Dias vs. Jared Gordon
Welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Max Griffin
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Jarred Brooks
Heavyweight Christian Colombo vs. Marcelo Golm
Background
A middleweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida and Derek Brunson is expected to headline this event.
A light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Glover Teixeira and Misha Cirkunov was expected to take place at this event, but was delayed and rescheduled for UFC on Fox 26 after a recent hand surgery for Teixeira was slow to heal.
On September 19, promotional newcomer Carlos Felipe was flagged for a potential USADA violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected July 29. Therefore he was pulled from his UFC debut against Christian Colombo. He was replaced by fellow promotional newcomer Marcelo Golm. On October 20, it was announced that Felipe accepted a two-year suspension retroactive to the date of his provisional suspension. He tested positive for metabolites of stanozolol, 16β‐hydroxy‐stanozolol and 3’‐hydroxy‐stanozolol.
Augusto Mendes was expected to face promotional newcomer Boston Salmon at the event. However, Mendes pulled out of the fight on October 3 citing a leg injury. He was replaced a week later by promotional newcomer Raoni Barcelos. Subsequently, Salmon pulled out of the fight on October 20 citing his own injury. As a result, Barcelos was removed from the card as well.
On October 6, it was announced that Luan Chagas fractured his foot and pulled out of his welterweight bout against Niko Price. He was replaced by Vicente Luque.
24 Oct - Updated fight card & background