UFC 201
| UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Date | July 30, 2016 | |||
| Venue | Philips Arena | |||
| City | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on July 30, 2016 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Background
This will be the third event that the organization has hosted in Atlanta, following UFC 88 in September of 2008 and UFC 145 in April of 2012.[1]
The event will be headlined by a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Robbie Lawler and top contender Tyron Woodley.[2]
A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious Johnson and challenger Wilson Reis was expected to serve as the co-main event.[3] However on July 8, it was announced that Johnson pulled out due to an undisclosed injury and the bout was postponed.[4] Reis will remain on the card against promotional newcomer Sean Santella.[5]
Cláudio Silva was expected to face Siyar Bahadurzada at the event. However on June 16, Silva pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Jorge Masvidal.[6] In turn, Bahadurzada pulled out of the bout on July 12 citing an illness and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom winner Ross Pearson.[7][8]
Official fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Robbie Lawler (c) | vs. | Tyron Woodley | [a] | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas | vs. | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | ||||
| Welterweight | Matt Brown | vs. | Jake Ellenberger | ||||
| Bantamweight | Francisco Rivera | vs. | Érik Pérez | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ed Herman | vs. | Nikita Krylov | ||||
| Welterweight | Ross Pearson | vs. | Jorge Masvidal | ||||
| Flyweight | Wilson Reis | vs. | Sean Santella | ||||
| Flyweight | Ray Borg | vs. | Fredy Serrano | ||||
| Heavyweight | Anthony Hamilton | vs. | Damian Grabowski | ||||
| Welterweight | Michael Graves | vs. | Bojan Veličković | ||||
| Lightweight | César Arzamendia | vs. | Damien Brown | ||||
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
Announced bouts
- Flyweight bout: Ian McCall vs. Justin Scoggins[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b Tristen Critchfield (2016-05-04). "Robbie Lawler vs. Tyron Woodley targeted for UFC 201 headliner in Atlanta". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ^ Staff (2016-05-17). "Robbie Lawler vs. Tyron Woodley official for UFC 201 headliner in Atlanta". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ Staff (2016-05-18). "Demetrious Johnson to defend flyweight title against Wilson Reis at UFC 201". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2016-07-08). "Flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson injured, out of UFC 201 title fight with Wilson Reis". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ Staff (2016-07-13). "Promotional newcomer Sean Santella steps in to fight Wilson Reis at UFC 201 in Atlanta". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ Staff (2016-06-16). "Jorge Masvidal replaces Claudio Silva, meets Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC 201". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
- ^ Staff (2016-07-12). "Illness forces Siyar Bahadurzada out of UFC 201, UFC seeks opponent for Jorge Masvidal". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2016-07-13). "Ross Pearson agrees to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 201". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ "UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ^ Marc Raimondi (2016-05-20). "Ian McCall vs. Justin Scoggins targeted for UFC 201". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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