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UFC Fight Night 164: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is planned to take place on November 16, 2019 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.
Fight card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Jan Błachowicz vs. Ronaldo Souza
Light Heavyweight Maurício Rua vs. Paul Craig
Lightweight Charles Oliveira vs. Jared Gordon
Middleweight Antonio Arroyo vs. Andre Muniz
Middleweight Markus Perez vs. Wellington Turman
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Sérgio Moraes vs. James Krause
Featherweight Ricardo Ramos vs. Luiz Eduardo Garagorri
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Bobby Green
Welterweight Warlley Alves vs. Randy Brown
Women's Flyweight Ariane Lipski vs. Isabella de Padua
Featherweight Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Renan Barão
Women's Bantamweight Vanessa Melo vs. Tracy Cortez
Background
A light heavyweight bout between former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza has been slated to serve as the event headliner.
A light heavyweight bout between Antônio Rogério Nogueira and Trevor Smith was scheduled for the event. However, Nogueira was forced to pull out of the event due to injury, resulting in the cancellation of the bout. Smith is now expected to face Makhmud Muradov at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik. However, in turn Duda Santana withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Vanessa Mello.
Leah Letson was expected to face Duda Santana at the event. However, Letson was removed from the bout in late September for undisclosed reasons. Santana was expected to face promotional newcomer Tracy Cortez.
Kevin Holland was scheduled to face promotional newcomer Antonio Arroyo at the event. However, promotion officials elected to remove Holland from the bout in favor of a matchup a month earlier at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman. In turn, Trevin Giles, then Alessio Di Chirico were briefly linked as replacements to face Arroyo. Instead, Arroyo will now face fellow newcomer Andre Muniz.
A middleweight bout between Markus Perez and Jack Marshman was scheduled to the event. However, Marshman was pulled from the event for an undisclosed reason and he was replaced by Wellington Turman.
Sam Alvey was scheduled to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua at the event. However, Alvey was removed from the fight on October 25 due to a broken hand. Instead, Rua will now face Paul Craig.
A flyweight bout between former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion Ariane Lipski and Priscila Cachoeira was scheduled to take place at the event. However, upon testing positive for a diuretic and being pulled from the event, Cachoeira was replaced by Veronica Macedo. In turn, Macedo was not cleared to fight by the Brazilian athletic commission due to severe headaches one day before the event and she was replaced by newcomer Isabella de Padua. At the weigh-ins, de Padua weighed in at 130.5 pounds, 4.5 pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126. The bout is proceeded at a catchweight.
At the weigh-ins, Vanessa Melo and her opponent Tracy Cortez both missed weight for their fight. Melo and Cortez both weighed in at 136.5 pounds, 0.5 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136. The bout is proceeded at a catchweight and no fine was issued.
Nov 15 - Updated fight card & background
