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UFC Fight Night 161: Jedrzejczyk vs. Waterson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is planned to take place on October 12, 2019 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, United States.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk vs. Michelle Waterson
Featherweight Cub Swanson vs. Kron Gracie
Women's Strawweight Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
Lightweight Matt Frevola vs. Luis Peña
Middleweight Eryk Anders vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Niko Price vs. James Vick
Light Heavyweight Ryan Spann vs. Devin Clark
Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Tim Elliott
Welterweight Max Griffin vs. Alex Morono
Welterweight Miguel Baeza vs. Hector Aldana
Middleweight Marvin Vettori vs. Andrew Sanchez
Women's Flyweight JJ Aldrich vs. Lauren Mueller
Bantamweight Marlon Vera vs. Andre Ewell
Background
While not officially announced by the organization, the event was initially linked to the newly constructed Chase Center in San Francisco, California, which would have marked the promotion's first visit to the city. It would have also been the first trip to the Bay Area since UFC 117 in 2010. However, the plans for a San Francisco debut fizzled and the promotion confirmed that the event would instead take place in Tampa, Florida. The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Tampa and second at the Amalie Arena following UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans in April of 2016.
A women's strawweight bout between former champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk and former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson is expected to serve as the event headliner.
A middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 23 winner Andrew Sanchez and Marvin Vettori was originally scheduled for September 14 at UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Gaethje. However, the bout was canceled after Sanchez was pulled during the week leading up to the event due to an eye infection. In turn, the pairing was left intact and has been rescheduled for this event.
Promotional newcomer Brok Weaver was scheduled to face Thomas Gifford at the event. However, Weaver pulled out of the bout on October 6 for undisclosed reasons. Promotion officials have not confirmed whether Gifford would remain on the card against a replacement or rescheduled for a future event.
