UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | May 8, 2016 | |||
Venue | Ahoy Rotterdam | |||
City | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski (also known as UFC Fight Night 87) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on May 8, 2016 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]
Background
The event will be the first that the organization has hosted in the Netherlands[1]
The event is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski.[2]
Official fight card
Fight Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | vs. | Andrei Arlovski | ||||
Heavyweight | Antônio Silva | vs. | Stefan Struve | ||||
Lightweight | Chris Wade | vs. | Rashid Magomedov | ||||
Lightweight | Yan Cabral | vs. | Reza Madadi | ||||
Middleweight | Magnus Cedenblad | vs. | Garreth McLellan | ||||
Welterweight | Peter Sobotta | vs. | Dominic Waters |
Announced bouts
- Light Heavyweight bout: Nikita Krylov vs. Francimar Barroso[4]
- Welterweight bout: Gunnar Nelson vs. Albert Tumenov[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b UFC Press Release (2016-02-26). "Overeem and Arlovski to headline UFC debut in The Netherlands". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ Brad Popkin (2016-02-20). "Alistair Overeem vs Andrei Arlovski heavyweight main event set for UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ a b Guilherme Cruz (2016-02-23). "Krylov vs. Barroso, Madadi vs. Cabral booked for UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam". Retrieved 2016-02-23. Cite error: The named reference "two" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).