| UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 13, 2024 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 234 and UFC on ESPN+ 92) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 13, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1]
Background
A light heavyweight rematch between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker is expected to headline the event.[1] The pairing originally met at UFC 294 which ended in a no contest when Ankalaev landed an illegal knee that rendered Walker unable to continue.[2]
Fight card
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | vs. | Johnny Walker | ||||
| Flyweight | Matheus Nicolau | vs. | Manel Kape | ||||
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | vs. | Gabriel Benítez | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Ketlen Vieira | vs. | Macy Chiasson | ||||
| Bantamweight | Ricky Simón | vs. | Mario Bautista | ||||
| Middleweight | Phil Hawes | vs. | Brunno Ferreira | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | vs. | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | ||||
| Welterweight | Bassil Hafez | vs. | Preston Parsons | ||||
| Bantamweight | Marcus McGhee | vs. | Gaston Bolanos | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Yana Santos | vs. | Norma Dumont | ||||
| Bantamweight | Farid Basharat | vs. | Taylor Lapilus | ||||
| Featherweight | Gabriel Santos | vs. | Westin Wilson | ||||
| Flyweight | Felipe Bunes | vs. | Denys Bondar | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Simon Samano and Mike Bohn (2023-11-13). "UFC books Magomed Ankalaev vs. Johnny Walker rematch to headline first event of 2024". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ↑ Val Dewar (2023-10-21). "UFC 294: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Johnny Walker ends in controversial no-contest". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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