| UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 9, 2023 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez (also known as UFC Fight Night 233 and UFC on ESPN+ 91) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 9, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1]
Background
The event was to mark the promotion's second visit to Shanghai and first since UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in November 2017. It was to be the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that the UFC has returned to Mainland China.[2] However in mid-November 2023, the event was moved to the UFC Apex due to undisclosed reasons.[1]
A bantamweight bout between Song Yadong and Chris Gutiérrez is expected to headline the event.[3]
The four finals of the Road to UFC Season 2 were expected to take place at this event.[4] However, they were pulled from this event due to the change of location.[5]
A light heavyweight bout between Zhang Mingyang and Brendson Ribeiro was scheduled for the event.[6] However, the bout was postponed due to the change of location and fighters facing visa issues and rescheduled for UFC 298.[5][7]
Fight card
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Song Yadong | vs. | Chris Gutiérrez | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | vs. | Khalil Rountree Jr. | ||||
| Flyweight | Su Mudaerji | vs. | Allan Nascimento | ||||
| Lightweight | Nasrat Haqparast | vs. | Jamie Mullarkey | ||||
| Middleweight | Park Jun-yong | vs. | André Muniz | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Song Kenan | vs. | Kevin Jousset | ||||
| Flyweight | Park Hyun-sung | vs. | Shannon Ross | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Luana Santos | vs. | Stephanie Egger | ||||
| Flyweight | Tatsuro Taira | vs. | Carlos Hernandez | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Rayanne dos Santos | vs. | Talita Alencar | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Damon Martin (2023-11-15). "UFC Shanghai card expected to shift to Las Vegas on Dec. 9". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ↑ Nolan King (2023-10-31). "UFC Shanghai officially announced for December". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ Danny Segura and Mike Bohn (2023-11-07). "Song Yadong vs. Chris Gutierrez to headline UFC Fight Night in Shanghai". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Mark Hoover (2023-11-01). "UFC Shanghai 2023: promotion returns to China with Fight Night featuring Road to UFC Season 2 finale". mykhel.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- 1 2 News Desk (2023-11-16). "UFC Shanghai on Dec 9 shifted to Las Vegas, 5 bouts canceled". itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ↑ Mathew Riddle (2023-09-16). "UFC returns to China for December event & schedules barnburner fight". si.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ News Desk (2023-11-21). "Brendson Ribeiro vs Zhang Mingyang reported for UFC 298 PPV". itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
