UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues

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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 15, 2025 (2025-02-15)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC 312: du Plessis vs Strickland 2 UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues (also known as UFC Fight Night 251 and UFC Vegas 102) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 15, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. [1]

Contents

Background

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and former LFA Middleweight Champion Gregory Rodrigues is expected to headline the event. [2]

A women's flyweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes flyweight winner Juliana Miller and Carli Judice was scheduled for this event. [3] However, Miller withdrew from the fight due to an injury, so the bout was scrapped and Judice was booked for another event. [4]

A middleweight bout between Jacob Malkoun and Rodolfo Vieira was scheduled for this event. [5] However, Malkoun withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury. [6] He was replaced by Andre Petroski. [7]

A welterweight bout between Rinat Fakhretdinov and former LFA Welterweight Champion Gabriel Bonfim was scheduled for this event. [8] However, Fakhretdinov withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Khaos Williams. [9]

A welterweight bout between Billy Goff and Nikolay Veretennikov was scheduled for this event. [10] However, Veretennikov withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and Goff was moved to UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song one week later to face Adam Fugitt as a replacement. [11]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Featherweight Calvin Kattar vs. Youssef Zalal
Middleweight Edmen Shahbazyan vs.Dylan Budka
LightweightIsmael Bonfimvs.Nazim Sadykhov
Middleweight Rodolfo Vieira vs. Andre Petroski
FeatherweightConnor Matthewsvs.Jose Delgado
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Angela Hill vs. Ketlen Souza
Lightweight Jared Gordon vs.Kauê Fernandes
FlyweightRafael Estevamvs.Jesús Santos Aguilar
Bantamweight Vince Morales vs.Elijah Smith
HeavyweightValter Walkervs. Don'Tale Mayes
Women's Bantamweight Julia Avila vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti

    [12]

    Announced bouts

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    2. ↑ Craig Pekios (2024-12-03). "'Robocop' books first UFC main event against Jared Cannonier on February 15". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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    11. ↑ Jay Anderson (2025-01-28). "Islam Dulatov out of UFC debut on Feb. 22, Billy Goff in". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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