UFC Fight Night 177 - Waterson vs. Hill --- UFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa
UFC Fight Night 178: Covington vs. Woodley (also known as UFC Vegas 11) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 19, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Fight card
Main card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Niko Price
Middleweight Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Light Heavyweight Johnny Walker vs. Ryan Spann
Women's Strawweight Mackenzie Dern vs. Randa Markos
Middleweight Kevin Holland vs. Darren Stewart
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Flyweight Jordan Espinosa vs. David Dvořák
Featherweight Mirsad Bektić vs. Damon Jackson
Women’s Flyweight Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Mara Romero Borella
Women’s Bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Sarah Alpar
Featherweight Darrick Minner vs. T.J. Laramie
Bantamweight Journey Newson vs. Randy Costa
Bantamweight Andre Ewell vs. Irwin Rivera
Bantamweight Tyson Nam vs. Jerome Rivera
Background
The event was originally expected to take place on September 26, but it was moved up a week. UFC 253 is now expected to take place on the former date.
UFC officials had initially targeted a welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and former interim champion Colby Covington to serve as the event headliner for UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar, but Woodley announced that the date did not provide him with time suitable enough to prepare because of injuries incurred during his most recent fight. The pairing is now expected to headline this event.
A heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane and Shamil Abdurakhimov was expected to take place at this event. The pairing was originally scheduled for UFC 249, but Gane was forced to pull out of the event after he was struck by a pneumothorax in training. Subsequently, the pairing was rescheduled for UFC 251 and cancelled a second time as Abdurakhimov was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons. They were later rebooked for UFC 253, before having eventually having the bout shifted to this event. In turn, the bout was moved again for undisclosed reasons and is expected to take place four weeks later at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie.
A flyweight bout between Jordan Espinosa and David Dvořák was expected to take place at UFC 253, but was later rebooked for this event due to undisclosed reasons.
A welterweight bout between Mickey Gall and Miguel Baeza was scheduled for the event. However, Gall pulled out on September 11 due to an injury. He was replaced by Jeremiah Wells. On September 17, it was announced that the bout was canceled due to undisclosed reasons.
A featherweight bout between Mirsad Bektić and Luiz Eduardo Garagorri was scheduled for the event. However, Garagorri was pulled from the fight on September 15 after one of his cornermen tested positive for COVID-19. Bektić is now expected to face returning veteran Damon Jackson.
Sep 17 - Updated fight card & background
Sep 19 - Updated fight card & background
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