UFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal --- UFC on ESPN 2 - Barboza vs. Gaethje
UFC Fight Night 148: Thompson vs. Pettis (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 6) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on March 23, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis
Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis
Lightweight John Makdessi vs. Jesus Pinedo
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Catchweight (148.5 lbs) Luis Peña vs. Steven Peterson
Women's Flyweight Maycee Barber vs. JJ Aldrich
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Bryce Mitchell vs. Bobby Moffett
Bantamweight Frankie Saenz vs. Marlon Vera
Women's Flyweight Alexis Davis vs. Jennifer Maia
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Angela Hill
Bantamweight Ryan MacDonald vs. Chris Gutierrez
Flyweight Eric Shelton vs. Jordan Espinosa
Background
A welterweight bout between former two-time title challenger Stephen Thompson and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis is expected to serve as the event headliner.
A bantamweight bout between Martin Day and Chris Gutierrez was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported that Day was pulled from the bout due to injury and he was replaced by Ryan MacDonald.
Marlon Vera was expected to face Frankie Saenz in a bantamweight bout at UFC 235. However, the bout was cancelled on fight week when Vera pulled out due to illness. The pairing is now expected to take place at this event.
Nasrat Haqparast and Chris Gruetzemacher pulled out of their respective bouts, due to injury, against John Makdessi and Jesus Pinedo. Now Makdessi and Pinedo are scheduled to face each other.
At the weigh-ins, Luis Peña weighed in at 148.5 lbs, 2.5 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit of 146 lbs. He was fined 30% of his fight purse and his bout against Steven Peterson will proceed at catchweight.
