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Revision as of 19:52, 10 August 2017

UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg
The poster for UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)
VenueRogers Place
CityEdmonton, Canada
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Struve vs. Volkov UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch

UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on September 9, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.[1][2]

Background

The promotion was initially planning a PPV event for August 19 at a venue to be in announced in the United States (presumably Seattle), possibly with UFC Flyweight Champion and Seattle-area resident Demetrious Johnson. However, those plans were nixed on June 26, though an exact reason wasn’t given.[2] Therefore, an originally scheduled UFC 216 to be held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 9 was renamed as UFC 215.[1]

While the UFC has hosted many events across Canada, the event will be the first held in Edmonton (second in Alberta, after UFC 149 in 2012). Zuffa hosted a World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 49, at Rexall Place in Edmonton in June 2010.[1]

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg is expected to serve as the event headliner. If successful in his title defense, Johnson would become the UFC fighter with most title defenses of all time, with a total of eleven.[3]

A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Amanda Nunes and multiple-time muay thai world champion Valentina Shevchenko is expected to take placed at this event.[4] The pairing met previously in March 2016 at UFC 196, with Nunes winning by unanimous decision.[5] The pairing was initially expected to meet at UFC 213.[6] However, the bout was canceled just hours before the event started as Nunes pulled out, citing an illness despite being medically cleared to fight.[7]

The August 19 event had two announced bouts, including a welterweight bout between Mike Perry and former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Thiago Alves, as well as a middleweight bout between former Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard and Anthony Smith.[8][9] In turn, both fights are expected to take place the following week at UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch.[10][11]

A women's bantamweight bout between Sara McMann and Ketlen Vieira was expected to take place at UFC 214, but on July 7 it was announced that the bout was moved to this event.[12]

Fight card

Fight Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. Ray Borg [a]
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Valentina Shevchenko [b]
Heavyweight Junior dos Santos vs. Francis Ngannou
Featherweight Jeremy Stephens vs. Gilbert Melendez
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Women's Bantamweight Sara McMann vs. Ketlen Vieira
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi vs. Tyson Pedro
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Wilson Reis
Featherweight Gavin Tucker vs. Rick Glenn
Heavyweight Luis Henrique vs. Arjan Bhullar
Women's Bantamweight Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Sarah Moras
Lightweight Kajan Johnson vs. Adriano Martins
Lightweight Mitch Clarke vs. Alex White
  1. ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.

[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Staff (2017-04-27). "UFC 216 slated for Sept. 9 in Edmonton". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
  2. ^ a b Staff (2017-06-26). "With Aug. 19 event scrapped, Edmonton now hosts UFC 215 on Sept. 9". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  3. ^ Staff (2017-07-20). "Two title fights headline UFC 215 in Edmonton". tsn.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. ^ Press Release (2017-07-20). "UFC debuts in Edmonton with two thrilling world championship fights". ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. ^ Ben Fowlkes (2016-03-05). "UFC 196 results: Amanda Nunes outlasts Valentina Shevchenko for decision win". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  6. ^ Brandon Wise (2017-05-12). "UFC 213: Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko title fight set for July". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  7. ^ Ariel Helwani (2017-07-08). "Amanda Nunes ill, out of UFC 213 main event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  8. ^ Ariel Helwani (2017-06-09). "Mike Perry vs. Thiago Alves slated for UFC 215". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  9. ^ Steven Marrocco (2017-06-06). "Hector Lombard vs. Anthony Smith targeted for August UFC event". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  10. ^ Marcel Dorff (2017-07-15). "Hector Lombard crosses swords with Anthony Smith during UFC Pittsburgh". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2017-07-15. Template:Nl icon
  11. ^ Ariel Helwani (2017-07-19). "Alves vs. Perry, Lombard vs. Smith slated for UFN: Pittsburgh". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  12. ^ Staff (2017-07-07). "Sara McMann vs. Ketlen Vieira moved to UFC 215 in Edmonton". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  13. ^ "UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
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