UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)
VenueUFC Apex
CityEnterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates (also known as UFC Fight Night 247, UFC Vegas 100, and UFC on ESPN+ 105) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 9, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]

Background

This is the first UFC event held in Nevada since cannabis was officially removed from the state's list of banned substances. At the beginning of 2024, the Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) and Drug Free Sport organizations removed cannabis from their banned substances list when the UFC shifted its anti-doping testing from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to CSAD. On October 30, 2024, the Nevada State Athletic Commission also announced its decision to remove cannabis from the state's list of prohibited substances. They stated, "The possession, use, or consumption of cannabis or cannabis products will not be considered an anti-doping violation."[2]

A flyweight bout between former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno and Amir Albazi was expected to headline the event.[3] They were previously expected to meet at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 earlier in the year but Albazi withdrew due to a neck injury.[4] However, it was announced a day later than that report that the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi one week before this event.[5]

A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Carlos Prates is scheduled to serve as the event headliner.[6]

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and former LFA Bantamweight Champion Miles Johns was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira.[7] However, the bout was moved to this event for unknown reasons.[8] In turn, Garbrandt withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and the bout was scrapped.[9]

Former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder is expected to make his promotional debut in a middleweight bout against Gerald Meerschaert at this event.[10]

A women's bantamweight bout between Melissa Mullins and Montserrat Rendon was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Rendon withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Klaudia Syguła.[12]

A welterweight rematch between former Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion Nicolas Dalby and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was scheduled for this event.[13] The pairing previously met at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves, which Dalby won by split decision.[14] However, Dalby withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Zach Scroggin.[15]

Fight card

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates
Bantamweight Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj
Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder
Women's Strawweight Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson
Middleweight Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Duško Todorović
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes
Bantamweight Gaston Bolaños vs. Cortavious Romious
Welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Zach Scroggin
Welterweight Matthew Semelsberger vs. Charles Radtke
Bantamweight Cody Stamann vs. Da'Mon Blackshear
Middleweight Tresean Gore vs. Antonio Trócoli
Women's Bantamweight Melissa Mullins vs. Klaudia Syguła

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See also

References

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  2. ^ Staff (2024-10-30). "Marijuana off NSAC naughty list, no longer prohibited for fighters". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ Cole Shelton (2024-09-02). "Brandon Moreno ends brief time away from MMA, set to return at UFC Vegas 100". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ^ Steve Marrocco (2024-01-11). "UFC Mexico City gets new headliner after Amir Albazi forced off card". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  5. ^ Damon Martin (2024-09-03). "Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi set as new main event for UFC Edmonton". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  6. ^ Guilherme Cruz (2024-10-10). "Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates set for UFC Vegas 100 main event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  7. ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2024-07-18). "Former UFC champ Cody Garbrandt expected to return vs. Miles Johns". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  8. ^ Nolan King (2024-08-05). "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (July 29-Aug. 4)". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  9. ^ Alexander K. Lee (2024-11-06). "Cody Garbrandt out of UFC Vegas 100". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  10. ^ Mike Bohn and Nolan King (2024-09-25). "Reinier de Ridder books UFC debut fight vs. Gerald Meerschaert for November at Apex". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  11. ^ Drake Riggs (2024-08-09). "Morning Report: Dricus du Plessis says Sean Strickland win was 'very clear': 'I don't owe Sean anything' - Fight Announcements". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  12. ^ Tomasz Nowosielski (2024-10-12). "Klaudia Syguła signed a contract with UFC! Debut in the octagon at UFC Vegas 100". mmarocks.pl. Retrieved 2024-10-12. (in Polish)
  13. ^ Nolan King (2024-09-30). "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 23-29)". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  14. ^ Ben Fowlkes (2015-05-30). "UFC Fight Night 67 results: Nicolas Dalby ekes out split decision vs. Elizeu Zaleski". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  15. ^ Nolan King (2024-11-05). "Nicolas Dalby out of UFC Fight Night 247 as Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos faces newcomer". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  16. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-08-29.