UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2
| UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2 | ||||
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 A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2. | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 23, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama, Japan | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 117) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on September 23, 2017 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1]
Background
The event will be the fifth that the organization has hosted in Saitama, and first since UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson in September 2015.[1]
A light heavyweight rematch between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua and Ovince Saint Preux is expected to headline this event.[2] The pairing met previously at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux in November 2014 where Saint Preux defeated Rua via knockout in the fight's opening minute.[3]
Fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Maurício Rua | vs. | Ovince Saint Preux | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Claudia Gadelha | vs. | Jessica Andrade | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Gökhan Saki | vs. | Henrique da Silva | ||||
| Flyweight | Ulka Sasaki | vs. | Jussier Formiga | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Syuri Kondo | vs. | Chan-Mi Jeon | ||||
| Welterweight | Daichi Abe | vs. | Lim Hyun-gyu | ||||
| Welterweight | Keita Nakamura | vs. | Alex Morono | ||||
| Featherweight | Teruto Ishihara | vs. | Rolando Dy | ||||
| Featherweight | Charles Rosa | vs. | Mizuto Hirota | ||||
| Flyweight | Naoki Inoue | vs. | Jenel Lausa | ||||
Announced bouts
- Welterweight bout: Shinsho Anzai vs. Luke Jumeau[5]
- Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Dong Hyun Kim[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 Tristen Critchfield (2017-05-16). "UFC set to return to Japan for Fight Night event on Sept. 23". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ↑ Staff (2017-07-06). "Former Pride legend Shogun Rua to headline return to Saitama Super Arena". ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ↑ Steven Marrocco (2014-11-09). "UFC Fight Night 56 results: Ovince Saint Preux destroys Mauricio Rua in 34 seconds". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2017-08-10). "Shinsho Anzai finally returns to the Octagon against Luke Jumeau at UFC Japan". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2017-08-10. (in Dutch)
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2017-08-11). "Home fight for Takanori Gomi against "Maestro" Dong Hyun Kim in Japan". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2017-08-11. (in Dutch)
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