UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir
| UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 20, 2016 | |||
| Venue | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | |||
| City | Brisbane, Australia | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir (also known as UFC Fight Night 85) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on March 20, 2016 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia.[1][2]
Background
The event will be the second that the promotion will host in Brisbane, the first being UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot in December of 2013.[1]
A heavyweight bout between former interim title contender Mark Hunt and former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir is expected to headline the event.[2]
A women's strawweight bout between Bec Rawlings and Seohee Ham was originally booked for UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt. However, the bout was cancelled due to Ham being injured.[3] The fight was later rescheduled for this event.[4]
Official fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | vs. | Frank Mir | ||||
| Welterweight | Neil Magny | vs. | Hector Lombard | ||||
| Middleweight | James Te-Huna | vs. | Steve Bossé | ||||
| Welterweight | Brendan O'Reilly | vs. | Alan Jouban | ||||
| Middleweight | Dan Kelly | vs. | Antônio Carlos Júnior | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Bec Rawlings | vs. | Seohee Ham | ||||
| Lightweight | Jake Matthews | vs. | Johnny Case | ||||
| Welterweight | Richard Walsh | vs. | Viscardi Andrade | ||||
| Lightweight | Ross Pearson | vs. | Abel Trujillo | ||||
| Flyweight | Ben Nguyen | vs. | Justin Scoggins | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Leslie Smith | vs. | Rin Nakai | ||||
Announced bouts
- Lightweight bout: Alan Patrick vs. Chad Laprise[6]
- Featherweight bout: Dan Hooker vs. Mark Eddiva[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 Matt Erickson and John Morgan (2015-11-15). "UFC returning to Australia for UFC Fight Night 84 in Brisbane on March 19". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- 1 2 Nathan Ryan (8 January 2016). "Mark Hunt v Frank Mir: UFC heavyweight blockbuster confirmed for Brisbane in March". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Staff (2015-04-10). "Lisa Ellis replaces Seo Hee Ham, meets Bec Rawlings at UFC Fight Night 65". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ Staff (2016-01-21). "Seo Hee Ham vs. Bec Rawlings added to UFC Fight Night 84 in Australia". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ Staff (2016-01-26). "Chad Laprise vs. Alan Patrick added to UFC Fight Night 85 in Australia". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ Clay Wilson (2016-01-28). "Daniel Hooker added to UFC Brisbane to make it three Kiwi fighters on card". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
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