UFC Fight Night 68
| UFC Fight Night 68 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 6, 2015 | |||
| Venue | Smoothie King Center | |||
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night 68 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on June 6, 2015 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Background
The event was expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between top contenders Daniel Cormier and Ryan Bader.[1] However on April 28, due to Jon Jones' hit-and-run incident leading up to his fight at UFC 187 against Anthony Johnson, the UFC decided to strip him of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and suspend him indefinitely. He was replaced by Cormier.[2]
Alan Jouban was expected to face Brian Ebersole at the event. However, Jouban pulled out of the fight in late March citing injury and was replaced by Omari Akhmedov.[3]
Zubaira Tukhugov was expected to face Thiago Tavares at the event. However, on April 25, it was announced that Tukhugov had to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury. A replacement is expected to be announced soon.[4]
Official fight card
| Fight card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | vs. | TBA | ||||
| Heavyweight | Ben Rothwell | vs. | Matt Mitrione | ||||
| Heavyweight | Shawn Jordan | vs. | Derrick Lewis | ||||
| Lightweight | Dustin Poirier | vs. | Yancy Medeiros | ||||
| Middleweight | Tim Boetsch | vs. | Dan Henderson | ||||
| Lightweight | Joe Proctor | vs. | Justin Edwards | ||||
| Middleweight | Daniel Sarafian | vs. | Ricardo Abreu | ||||
| Bantamweight | Joe Soto | vs. | Anthony Birchak | ||||
| Welterweight | Brian Ebersole | vs. | Omari Akhmedov | ||||
| Bantamweight | José Quiñonez | vs. | Leonardo Morales | ||||
| Bantamweight | Francisco Rivera | vs. | Alex Caceres | ||||
Announced bouts
- Featherweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. TBA[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Gerbasi (2015-02-11). "Cormier gets Louisiana homecoming against Bader in June". ufc.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ↑ Marc Raimondi (2015-04-28). "Jon Jones stripped of title, Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson for belt headlines UFC 187". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ Staff (2015-03-26). "Alan Jouban injured, Omari Akhmedov meets Brian Ebersole at UFC Fight Night 68". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guilherme Cruz (2015-04-25). "Zubaira Tukhugov injured, out of UFC Fight Night 68 bout with Thiago Tavares". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Cormier vs. Bader". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
