UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady

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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 7, 2024 (2024-09-07)
Venue UFC Apex
City Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady (also known as UFC Fight Night 242, UFC on ESPN+ 100, and UFC Vegas 97) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 7, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady served as the main event. [3]

A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Kyle Nelson was scheduled for this event. [4] However, Kattar withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Steve Garcia. [5]

A bantamweight bout between Aiemann Zahabi and Marcus McGhee was reported for this event. [6] However, the bout was removed from the card for unknown reasons. [7]

A featherweight bout between Žygimantas Ramaška and Nathan Fletcher was scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho. [8] Despite both men successfully weighing in, it was announced that the fight was canceled due to an undisclosed medical issue on Fletcher’s part and was re-scheduled to take place at this event. [9]

A flyweight bout between Matt Schnell and Alessandro Costa was expected to take place at the event. [10] However, Costa withdrew from the bout due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Cody Durden in a bantamweight bout. [11]

A light heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Ovince Saint Preux and former LFA Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Spann was scheduled for this event. [12] However, Saint Preux withdrew from the fight due to an illness and the bout was moved to UFC 307 as a result. [13] [14]

At the weigh-ins, Dylan Budka and Kyle Nelson missed weight. Budka weighed in at 188.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. Nelson weighed in at 148.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. Both bouts proceeded at catchweight with both fighters forfeiting 20% of their purses, which went to their opponents Andre Petroski and Steve Garcia, respectively. [15]

Results

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Sean Brady def. Gilbert Burns Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)55:00
Women's Flyweight Natália Silva def. Jéssica Andrade Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Catchweight (148.5 lb) Steve Garcia def. Kyle Nelson TKO (elbows and punches)13:59
Bantamweight Cody Durden def. Matt Schnell Submission (ninja choke)20:29
LightweightYanal Ashmouzdef.Trevor PeekDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
LightweightChris Padilladef. Rong Zhu TKO (doctor stoppage)24:14
FeatherweightIsaac Dulgariandef.Brendon MarotteSubmission (arm-triangle choke)24:19
FlyweightAndré Limadef.Felipe dos SantosDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
FeatherweightGabriel Santosdef.Yi ZhaDecision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)35:00
Women's StrawweightJaqueline Amorimdef. Vanessa Demopoulos Submission (armbar)13:28
Catchweight (188.5 lb) Andre Petroski def.Dylan BudkaDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
FeatherweightNathan Fletcherdef.Žygimantas RamaškaSubmission (arm-triangle choke)21:14

    [16]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [17]

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