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UFC Fight Night 156: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to take place on August 10, 2019 at Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Fight card
Main card (ESPN+)
Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Liz Carmouche For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship
Welterweight Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
Featherweight Luiz Eduardo Garagorri vs. Humberto Bandenay
Light Heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi
Middleweight Rodolfo Vieira vs. Oskar Piechota
Featherweight Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Moffett
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Gilbert Burns vs. Alexey Kunchenko
Heavyweight Ciryl Gane vs. Raphael Pessoa Nunes
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Marina Rodriguez
Flyweight Rogério Bontorin vs. Raulian Paiva
Bantamweight Geraldo de Freitas vs. Chris Gutierrez
Lightweight Rodrigo Vargas vs. Alex da Silva Coelho
Women's Flyweight Veronica Macedo vs. Polyana Viana
Background
The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Montevideo and Uruguay.
A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between the reigning champion Valentina Shevchenko and former title challenger Liz Carmouche has been tabbed to headline the event. The pairing met previously under a regional promotion banner in 2010 with Carmouche winning the first bout via second round TKO. It remains the only stoppage loss in Shevchenko's professional MMA career, which dates back to 2003.
A light heavyweight bout between Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi was originally scheduled for June 1, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith. However, the bout was canceled after Latifi pulled out two days before the event due to a back injury and the pairing was scheduled for UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler. In turn, the bout was then shifted to this event a week later after Oezdemir was faced with alleged visa issues which affected his travel schedule.
A lightweight bout between Rafael Fiziev and Alex da Silva was scheduled for the event; however, it was reported on July 24, 2019 that Fiziev had broken his foot and was forced to pull out of the event. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Rodrigo Vargas.
A flyweight bout between Veronica Macedo and Rachael Ostovich was scheduled for the event. However, it was announced on July 29, 2019 that Ostovich was replaced by Polyana Viana for an undisclosed reason.
A welterweight bout between Laureano Staropoli and Alexey Kunchenko was scheduled for the event. However, it was announced on July 29, 2019 that Staropoli was forced to pull out of the fight due to a broken nose and he was replaced by Gilbert Burns.
A flyweight bout between Ashlee Evans-Smith and Taila Santos was expected for the event. However, Evans-Smith withdrew the bout for undisclosed reason and was replaced by Ariane Carnelossi. In turn, it was reported on July 29, 2019 that Santos was forced to pull out of the bout due to a wrist injury. UFC officials are seeking a replacement for Santos.
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