UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | April 30, 2022 | |||
Venue | UFC Apex | |||
City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera (also known as UFC Fight Night 208 and UFC on ESPN+ 66) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 30, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]
A bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Marlon Vera is expected to headline the event. [2]
A women's strawweight bout between former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion and UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Jessica Penne and Luana Pinheiro was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate in last November, but Penne withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons. [3] The pairing was rebooked for this event. [4]
A lightweight bout between Joe Lauzon and former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone was scheduled for the event. [5] However, the bout was moved to UFC 274 on May 7 due to undisclosed reasons. [6]
A lightweight bout between Jared Gordon and Rafael Alves was scheduled for the event. However, Alves withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Grant Dawson. [7]
Justin Tafa and Jake Collier were expected to meet in a heavyweight bout at the event. [8] However, Tafa withdrew from event due to undisclosed reasons was replaced by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. [9]
Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Rob Font | vs. | Marlon Vera | ||||
Flyweight | Tatsuro Taira | vs. | Carlos Candelario | ||||
Welterweight | Gabriel Green | vs. | Yohan Lainesse | ||||
Featherweight | Darren Elkins | vs. | Tristan Connelly |
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