UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas

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UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)
Venue Rogers Place
City Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Event chronology
UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas UFC Fight Night 247

UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Namajunas (also known as UFC Fight Night 246) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 2, 2024, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1]

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Background

The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Edmonton and first since UFC 240 in July 2019. [1]

A women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas is expected to headline the event. [2]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis and Alexander Romanov was expected to serve as the co-main event. [3] However, the promotion opted to split the pairing, with Lewis maintaning co-headliner status against Jhonata Diniz, while Romanov will face Rodrigo Nascimento instead. [4]

Fight card

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Flyweight Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas
BantamweightChad Anheligervs. Cody Gibson
Middleweight Marc-André Barriault vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
Women's Flyweight Ariane Lipski vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
Women's FlyweightJamey-Lyn Horthvs.Ivana Petrović

    [5]

    Announced bouts

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    2. ↑ Damon Martin (2024-08-15). "Rose Namajunas vs. Erin Blanchfield headlines UFC's return to Edmonton". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
    3. ↑ Nolan King (2024-08-15). "Derrick Lewis added to UFC Edmonton vs. Alexandr Romanov". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
    4. 1 2 3 Jed Meshew (2024-08-20). "Derrick Lewis now fighting Jhonata Diniz at UFC Edmonton, Alexander Romanov faces Rodrigo Nascimento". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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    6. ↑ "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Aug. 12-18)". MMA Junkie. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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