| UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 20, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Scotiabank Arena | |||
| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's seventh visit to Toronto and first since UFC 231 in December 2018.[1]
A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Sean Strickland and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis is expected to headline the event.[2]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former title challenger Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva is expected to take place at the event.[3] The title was vacated when former champion Amanda Nunes announced her retirement immediately after defending her title at UFC 289.[4]
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria was expected to take place at this event.[5] However, Volkanovski was instead pulled to face Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 294.[6] As a result, this fight was pushed back one month to headline UFC 298.[7]
Fight card
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Sean Strickland (c) | vs. | Dricus du Plessis | [lower-alpha 1] | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Raquel Pennington | vs. | Mayra Bueno Silva | [lower-alpha 2] | |||
| Welterweight | Neil Magny | vs. | Mike Malott | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | vs. | Aleksandar Rakić | ||||
| Featherweight | Arnold Allen | vs. | Movsar Evloev | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Dominick Reyes | vs. | Carlos Ulberg | ||||
| Bantamweight | Brad Katona | vs. | Garrett Armfield | ||||
| Middleweight | Chris Curtis | vs. | Marc-André Barriault | ||||
| Featherweight | Charles Jourdain | vs. | Sean Woodson | ||||
| Bantamweight | Serhiy Sidey | vs. | Ramon Taveras | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Gillian Robertson | vs. | Polyana Viana | ||||
| Welterweight | Yohan Lainesse | vs. | Sam Patterson | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jasmine Jasudavicius | vs. | Priscila Cachoeira | ||||
| Flyweight | Malcolm Gordon | vs. | Jimmy Flick | ||||
- ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ↑ For the vacant UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
See also
References
- 1 2 Neil Davidson (2023-11-06). "Middleweight title on the line as UFC returns to Toronto with January card". thestar.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ Harvey Leonard (2023-11-06). "Sean Strickland's first title defense announced for UFC 297, Khamzat Chimaev misses out". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ Curtis Calhoun (2023-11-03). "UFC 297: Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva booked for vacant UFC bantamweight title". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ↑ Shakiel Mahjouri (2023-06-11). "UFC 289 results, highlights: Amanda Nunes announces sudden retirement after dominant win over Irene Aldana". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ↑ Jeff Cain (2023-10-09). "Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria set for UFC 297". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ↑ Damon Martin (2023-10-10). "Charles Oliveira out; Alexander Volkanovski now faces Islam Makhachev in UFC 294 main event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ Colby Faria (2023-11-06). "Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria featherweight title bout headlines UFC 298". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ "UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
