UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Makhachev

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UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Makhachev
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 26, 2022 (2022-02-26)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Makhachev UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Makhachev (also known as UFC Fight Night 202 and UFC on ESPN+ 60) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 26, 2022 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]

Contents


Background

A lightweight bout between Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush is expected to serve as the event headliner. [2]

A lightweight bout between Farès Ziam and Terrance McKinney is scheduled for the event. [3] The pair was previously booked for UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate in last November, but it was scrapped a few hours before taking place due to one of McKinney's cornermen testing positive for COVID-19. [4]

A heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Marcin Tybura was scheduled for the event. [5] However in mid January, the bout was moved to UFC 273. [6]

A women's bantamweight bout between Wu Yanan and Josiane Nunes was scheduled for the event. [7] However, Wu was pulled from the fight for undisclosed reasons and she was replaced by promotional newcomer Jennifer Gonzalez. [8]

Makhmud Muradov was expected to face Misha Cirkunov in a middleweight bout at the event. [9] However, Muradov pulled out in late January due to a hand injury and was replaced by Wellington Turman. [10] [11]

A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Spann and Ion Cuțelaba was expected to take place at the event. [12] However in early February, Spann was injured and the bout was postponed. [13]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. Islam Makhachev
Middleweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Wellington Turman
Women's Flyweight Ji Yeon Kim vs. Priscila Cachoeira
Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan vs. Joel Álvarez
MiddleweightArmen Petrosyanvs.Gregory Rodrigues
LightweightZhu Rongvs.Ignacio Bahamondes
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
LightweightTerrance McKinneyvs. Farès Ziam
Women's Strawweight Jinh Yu Frey vs. Hannah Goldy
Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez vs. Jonathan Martinez
WelterweightJonny Parsonsvs.Micheal Gillmore
FlyweightVictor Altamiranovs.Carlos Hernández

    [14]

    Announced bouts

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    3. ↑ Marcel Dorff (2021-12-03). "Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam rescheduled, this time for February 26". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2021-12-04.(in Dutch)
    4. ↑ Simon Samano (2021-11-20). "Terrance McKinney forced out of UFC Fight Night 198 due to COVID-19 exposure". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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