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UFC Fight Night 162: Maia vs. Askren is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is planned to take place on October 26, 2019 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren
Lightweight Michael Johnson vs. Stevie Ray
Lightweight Frank Camacho vs. Beneil Dariush
Heavyweight Ciryl Gane vs. Don’tale Mayes
Welterweight Muslim Salikhov vs. Laureano Staropoli
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Ashley Yoder
Lightweight Alex White vs. Rafael Fiziev
Featherweight Enrique Barzola vs. Movsar Evloev
Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich vs. Maurice Greene
Women's Strawweight Loma Lookbonmee vs. Aleksandra Albu
Heavyweight Raphael Pessoa Nunes vs. Jeff Hughes
Background
A welterweight bout between former two-division UFC title challenger, Demian Maia and former Bellator Welterweight Champion and former ONE Welterweight Champion, Ben Askren is expected to headline the event.
A heavyweight bout between Greg Hardy and Jarjis Danho was scheduled for the event. However, Danho was pulled from the event for an undisclosed reason. He was replaced by Ben Sosoli on September 19, 2019 and the bout moved to UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman a week earlier.
Yan Xiaonan was scheduled to face Ashley Yoder at the event. However, Yan pulled out of the fight in late-September citing a foot injury. She was replaced by Randa Markos.
Ian Heinisch was scheduled to face Brad Tavares at the event. However, Heinisch was removed from the pairing in early October for undisclosed reasons. In turn, Tavares was removed from the event entirely and rescheduled to face Edmen Shahbazyan a week later at UFC 244.
Karol Rosa was scheduled to face Julia Avila at the event. However, Rosa pulled out of the fight in mid-October citing a knee injury. Promotion officials have not confirmed, but Avila is expected to be removed from the card and be rescheduled for another event.
