UFC Fight Night 185 - Blaydes vs. Lewis --- UFC 259 - Błachowicz vs. Adesanya



UFC Fight Night 186: Rozenstruik vs. Gane (also known as UFC Vegas 20) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 27, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.


Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)

Heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane
Light Heavyweight Nikita Krylov vs. Magomed Ankalaev
Women's Flyweight Montana De La Rosa vs. Mayra Bueno Silva
Bantamweight Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera
Featherweight Alex Caceres vs. Kevin Croom

Preliminary card (ESPN+)

Lightweight Alexander Hernandez vs. Thiago Moisés
Women's Bantamweight Alexis Davis vs. Sabina Mazo
Bantamweight Vince Cachero vs. Ronnie Lawrence
Catchweight (210.5 lb) Dustin Jacoby vs. Maxim Grishin


Background

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Dominick Reyes and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, it was announced in late January that Reyes had been forced from the contest with an injury. Subsequently, Procházka was also removed from the card and the pairing is expected to be left intact and scheduled for a future event. As a result, a heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane (originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Chimaev two weeks later) will now serve as the main event.

Raphael Assunção was expected to face Raoni Barcelos in a bantamweight bout at the event. However, Assunção pulled out of the fight in early February after testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Marcelo Rojo and the bout was expected to take place at a catchweight of 140 pounds. Subsequently, Barcelos was removed from the fight on February 22 after also testing positive. Promotion officials decided to book Rojo as a replacement against Charles Jourdain at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad.

A featherweight bout between Alex Caceres and Kevin Croom is expected to take place at this event. They were briefly linked to a fight at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakić, but Croom was forced to withdraw from the contest.

A women's bantamweight bout between Marion Reneau and Macy Chiasson was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov. However, during the week leading up to the fight, Reneau was pulled from the card after testing positive for COVID-19. The bout was expected to remain intact and was rescheduled for this event. They were once again rescheduled on February 20, due to Chiasson suffering an injury, with the pairing now expected to take place at UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland.

Hannah Cifers was expected to face Emily Whitmire in a women's strawweight bout at this event. However, Cifers pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Sam Hughes. In turn, Whitmire was removed from the bout on February 14 due to undisclosed reasons and the pairing was scrapped.

A bantamweight rematch featuring Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera is expected to take place at this event. They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 on November 2015, when Rivera won via split decision. They were originally booked for a planned January 30 date, but the event never materialized. The pairing was then rescheduled for UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny, before being moved once more, as they were booked to UFC 258 due to undisclosed reasons. The bout was then delayed again due to a positive COVID-19 test for someone within the two camps during the week leading up to that event.

Randy Brown was expected to face Alex Oliveira in a welterweight bout at the event. However, Brown pulled out of the fight during the week leading up to the event due to undisclosed reasons. Oliveira was then expected to face promotional newcomer Ramazan Kuramagomedov. However, the bout was scrapped the day before the event when Kuramagomedov was removed due to illness.

A light heavyweight bout between Alonzo Menifield and William Knight was scheduled for the preliminary portion of the card. However, the bout was postponed during the week leading up to the event after Menifield tested positive for COVID-19. The pairing is expected to be left intact and rescheduled for a future event.

At the weigh-ins, Maxim Grishin weighed in at 210.5 pounds, four and a half pounds over the light heavyweight non-title fight limit. His bout is expected to proceed at a catchweight and he will be fined 30% of his individual purse, which will go to his opponent Dustin Jacoby.

A women's strawweight bout between Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder was to take place at this event. The two met before at The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale, a bout that saw Hill win via unanimous decision. However, day of the event, it was announced that the bout was scrapped due to safety protocols after one of Yoder's cornermen tested positive for COVID-19. The bout has been rescheduled to take place at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad on March 13.


Feb 24 - Updated fight card & background
Feb 26 - Updated fight card & background
Feb 27 - Updated fight card & background

Feb 24 - Updated fight card & background

Hi all, Pretty sure Light Heavyweight fight between William Knight versus Alonzo Menifield was scratched due to covid... ( source Google)

Thats correct, sadly. Was a good matchup.

Rest of card seem to be intact though

Feb 26 - Updated fight card & background

UFC fight night @the APEX today down to 10 fights ...
Ramazan Kuramagomedov vs Alex Oliveira off according to espn because of sickness.

Feb 27 - Updated fight card & background