| UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 2, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Rogers Place | |||
| City | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas (also known as UFC Fight Night 246) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 2, 2024, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]
Background
[edit]The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Edmonton and first since UFC 240 in July 2019.[1]
A women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas is expected to headline the event.[2]
A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis and Alexander Romanov was expected to serve as the co-main event.[3] However, the promotion opted to split the pairing, with Lewis maintaning co-headliner status against Jhonata Diniz, while Romanov will face Rodrigo Nascimento instead.[4]
Fight card
[edit]| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Erin Blanchfield | vs. | Rose Namajunas | ||||
| Bantamweight | Chad Anheliger | vs. | Cody Gibson | ||||
| Middleweight | Marc-André Barriault | vs. | Dustin Stoltzfus | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Ariane Lipski | vs. | Jasmine Jasudavicius | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jamey-Lyn Horth | vs. | Ivana Petrović | ||||
Announced bouts
[edit]- Light Heavyweight bout: Caio Machado vs. Brendson Ribeiro[6]
- Heavyweight bout: Derrick Lewis vs. Jhonata Diniz[4]
- Heavyweight bout: Alexander Romanov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]
- ^ a b Nolan King (2024-08-15). "Dana White announces UFC Edmonton with Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas main event, more". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Damon Martin (2024-08-15). "Rose Namajunas vs. Erin Blanchfield headlines UFC's return to Edmonton". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-08-15). "Derrick Lewis added to UFC Edmonton vs. Alexandr Romanov". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b c Jed Meshew (2024-08-20). "Derrick Lewis now fighting Jhonata Diniz at UFC Edmonton, Alexander Romanov faces Rodrigo Nascimento". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Aug. 12-18)". MMA Junkie. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
