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UFC Fight Night 171: Smith vs. Teixeira (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 29) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, expected to take place on May 13, 2020 at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.


Fight card

Main card (ESPN)

Light Heavyweight Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira
Heavyweight Ben Rothwell vs. Ovince St. Preux
Lightweight Alexander Hernandez vs. Drew Dober
Bantamweight Ricky Simon vs. Ray Borg
Middleweight Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)

Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Philipe Lins
Lightweight Michael Johnson vs. Thiago Moises
Women's Bantamweight Sijara Eubanks vs. Sarah Moras
Lightweight Gabriel Benítez vs. Omar Antonio Morales Ferrer
Bantamweight Hunter Azure vs. Brian Kelleher
Heavyweight Chase Sherman vs. Isaac Villanueva



Background

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UFC had to cancel 6 events between March 21 and May 2. On April 24, they announced their return of UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida, with two other events for the same venue – a previously scheduled event for May 16 and a newly booked event for May 13.

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira is expected to serve as the event headliner. They were originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira on April 25, but the event was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.

The event will include fighters that were pulled from other events previously cancelled, as well as the following bouts:

A middleweight bout between Karl Roberson and Marvin Vettori (also scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira).
A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and Philipe Lins (scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman).
A women's bantamweight bout between Sijara Eubanks and Sarah Moras (scheduled for UFC 249 on the original April 18 date).


May 4 - Updated fight card & background
May 11 - Updated fight card & background

I honestly don't know if this will be called UFC Fight Night 171, 172, 173, 174 or 175. It is not clear if they will continue where they left off or if they have skipped the cancelled events. I also don't know if the fight card is correct or not. If more information comes up I will update the post(s).

Its officially announced that there will be an event May 13 so much is clear

May 4 - Updated fight card & background

May 11 - Updated fight card & background