UFC 239
| UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 6, 2019 | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on July 6, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][2][3]
Background
A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current two-time champion Jon Jones and Thiago Santos is expected to serve as the event headliner.[4]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and former champion Holly Holm is expected to serve as the event co-headliner.[4]
A bout between former UFC Heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos is scheduled to take place at this event.[5] The matchup was originally scheduled to take place in September 2017 at UFC 215, but dos Santos pulled out of that event, citing a failed drug test.[6]
Fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) | vs. | Thiago Santos | [a] | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | vs. | Holly Holm | [b] | |||
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | vs. | Junior dos Santos | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | vs. | Luke Rockhold | ||||
| Middleweight | Edmen Shahbazyan | vs. | Jack Marshman | ||||
| Welterweight | Diego Sanchez | vs. | Michael Chiesa | ||||
| Welterweight | Jorge Masvidal | vs. | Ben Askren | ||||
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Sean O'Malley vs. Marlon Vera[8]
- Women's strawweight bout: Claudia Gadelha vs. Randa Markos[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ Tristen Critcfield. "UFC Unveils Complete Second Quarter Schedule for 2019". Sherdog. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ MMA Fighting Newswire (2019-03-03). "UFC announces dates for second quarter of 2019". mmafighting. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Marcel Dorff. "The UFC announces three new locations for events in May and June 2019". mmadna.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b Brett Okamoto (2019-03-27). "Jones-Santos, Nunes-Holm to headline UFC 239". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Jose Youngs (2019-03-29). "Francis Ngannou vs. Junior dos Santos slated for UFC 239". mmafighting. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ John Morgan (2017-08-18). "Junior Dos Santos notified of potential doping violation, pulled from UFC 215". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "UFC 239". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ DNA, MMA. "IFW 2019 krijgt Marlon Vera vs. Sean O'Malley tijdens UFC 239 in Las Vegas". Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ DNA, MMA. "Strawweightclash tussen Claudia Gadelha en Randa Markos tijdens UFC 239 in Las Vegas". Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2019-04-30). "Sources: Gadelha-Markos bout likely for UFC 239". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
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