UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn
UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn | ||||
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A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn. | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | January 15, 2017 | |||
Venue | Talking Stick Resort Arena | |||
City | Phoenix, Arizona | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 15, 2017 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona[1][2]
Background
This will be the second event the organization has hosted in Phoenix.[1]
A featherweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn is expected to serve as the event headliner.[3]
Official fight card
Fight Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Yair Rodríguez | vs. | B.J. Penn | ||||
Welterweight | Court McGee | vs. | Ben Saunders | ||||
Lightweight | Erik Koch | vs. | Tony Martin | ||||
Lightweight | Devin Powell | vs. | Jordan Rinaldi | ||||
Heavyweight | Cyril Asker | vs. | Dmitri Smoliakov | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Joachim Christensen | vs. | Bojan Mihajlović | ||||
Heavyweight | Viktor Pešta | vs. | Damian Grabowski | ||||
Heavyweight | Walt Harris | vs. | Chase Sherman | ||||
Lightweight | Joe Lauzon | vs. | Marcin Held | ||||
Bantamweight | Bryan Caraway | vs. | Jimmie Rivera | ||||
Flyweight | Jussier Formiga | vs. | Sergio Pettis |
See also
References
- 1 2 Thomas Gerbasi (2016-11-04). "UFC visits Phoenix in January". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ Dave Doyle (2016-11-04). "UFC returns to Phoenix; three fights announced". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-11-21). "Rodríguez vs Penn to headline Phoenix event". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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