UFC 238
| UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 8, 2019 | |||
| Venue | United Center | |||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on June 8, 2019 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2]
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Bantamweight Championship bout for the vacant title between 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and current UFC Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo and former WSOF Bantamweight Champion Marlon Moraes.[3] Two-time champion T.J. Dillashaw was suspended on March 20 due to a failed drug test in relation to his January loss against Cejudo for the flyweight title and therefore decided to vacate his title.[4]
A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between the current champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Eye has been scheduled to take place at the event.[5]
A strawweight bout between Felice Herrig and Xiaonan Yan was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported on April 30 that Herrig withdrew from the event after suffering a torn ACL and has been replaced by Angela Hill.[6]
Fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Henry Cejudo | vs. | Marlon Moraes | [a] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | vs. | Jessica Eye | [b] | |||
| Lightweight | Tony Ferguson | vs. | Donald Cerrone | ||||
| Bantamweight | Jimmie Rivera | vs. | Petr Yan | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Tatiana Suarez | vs. | Nina Ansaroff | ||||
| Heavyweight | Tai Tuivasa | vs. | Blagoy Ivanov | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | vs. | Alexa Grasso | ||||
| Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling | vs. | Pedro Munhoz | ||||
| Featherweight | Ricardo Lamas | vs. | Calvin Kattar | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Katlyn Chookagian | vs. | Joanne Calderwood | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Xiaonan Yan | vs. | Angela Hill | ||||
- ^ For the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Eddie Wineland vs. Grigory Popov[8]
See also
References
- ^ John Silver (2019-02-10). "UFC returns to Chicago: United Center will host pay-per-view event in June". chicago.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2019-01-02). "UFC announces second quarter schedule for 2019, confirms Kansas debut in March". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2019-03-27). "Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes official for UFC 238". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Nick Baldwin (2019-03-27). "T.J. Dillashaw suspended for failed drug test, relinquishes UFC bantamweight title". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2019-03-08). "Shevchenko-Eye being finalized for June". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Dave Doyle (2019-05-01). "UFC 238: Angela Hill steps in for Felice Herrig vs. Xiaonan Yan". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Marcel Dorff (2019-04-23). "Eddie Wineland faces newcomer Grigory Popov during UFC 238 in Chicago". mmadnanl.com. Retrieved 2019-04-23. Template:Nl icon
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