UFC Fight Night 146 - Lewis vs. dos Santos --- UFC Fight Night 148 - Thompson vs. Pettis
UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 5) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on March 16, 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, England.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Darren Till vs. Jorge Masvidal
Welterweight Leon Edwards vs. Gunnar Nelson
Light Heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir vs. Dominick Reyes
Bantamweight Nathaniel Wood vs. José Alberto Quiñónez
Welterweight Danny Roberts vs. Cláudio Silva
Middleweight Jack Marshman vs. John Phillips
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Arnold Allen vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Lightweight Marc Diakiese vs. Joseph Duffy
Light Heavyweight Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Saparbek Safarov
Middleweight Tom Breese vs. Ian Heinisch
Featherweight Danny Henry vs. Dan Ige
Women's Flyweight Molly McCann vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Featherweight Mike Grundy vs. Nad Narimani
Background
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal is expected to serve as the event headliner.
Alessio Di Chirico was expected to face Tom Breese at the event. However, Di Chirico pulled out of the fight in early January citing an undisclosed injury and subsequent surgery. On January 8, it was reported that The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil middleweight winner Cezar Ferreira will be his replacement. Ferreira and Breese were expected to meet at UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio in November 2018, but Breese pulled out due to injury. In turn, Ferreira withdrew from the bout on February 1, citing a knee injury. Breese is now expected to face Ian Heinisch.
Gökhan Saki was scheduled to face Saparbek Safarov at the event. However Saki pulled out of the fight in late February due to an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Nicolae Negumereanu.
