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UFC Fight Night 129: Maia vs. Usman is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on May 19, 2018, at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile.
Fight card
Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman
Women's Strawweight Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
Light Heavyweight Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
Bantamweight Diego Rivas vs. Guido Cannetti
Women's Flyweight Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee
Welterweight Vicente Luque vs. Chad Laprise
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 2)
Welterweight Zak Cummings vs. Michel Prazeres
Flyweight Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Women's Strawweight Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
Featherweight Gabriel Benítez vs. Humberto Bandenay
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis
Bantamweight Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
Lightweight Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
Background
The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Chile.
A welterweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians welterweight winner Kamaru Usman and Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, Ponzinibbio pulled out on April 21 due to injury. He was replaced by former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight Championship challenger Demian Maia.
A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Ray Borg and Brandon Moreno was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros. However, due to a minor injury sustained by Moreno, the pairing was postponed and rescheduled to take place at UFC 223. The bout was delayed again, after Borg had issues related to glass shards in his eye as a result of the former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor and crew bus melee. The pairing was scheduled again and was expected to take place at this event. However, Borg withdrew from the bout to take care of his child, who required brain surgery. He was replaced by Alexandre Pantoja.
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua and former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir was expected to take place at this event. However it was reported on April 13, 2018 that Oezdemir was pulled from the event due to alleged visa issues stemming from a previous legal transgression, restricting his travel to Chile. The pairing was left intact and rescheduled for July 22, 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Shogun.