UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman

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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 2, 2020 (cancelled)
Venue Chesapeake Energy Arena
City Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman was a planned mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship originally planned to take place on May 2, 2020 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. [1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma, UFC president Dana White announced on April 9 that starting with UFC 249, all future events were indefinitely postponed. [2] The event was officially cancelled on April 20. [3]

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Background

The event would be the third that the promotion has contested in Oklahoma City, following UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard in September 2009 and UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee in June 2017. [1]

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and Jack Hermansson had been slated to serve as the event headliner. [4]

A women's bantamweight bout between Sarah Alpar and Duda Santana was scheduled for the event. However, Santana was removed from the event for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Vanessa Melo. [5]

A women's bantamweight bout between Julia Avila and Karol Rosa was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris. However, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] The pairing was rescheduled for this event. [7]

Due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some Brazilian fighters were unable to compete due to visa issues on the original date – Marina Rodriguez (who was expected to face former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Cláudia Gadelha) and Vanessa Melo (who was expected to replace Santana against Alpar). [8]

Cancelled fight card

Fight card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Jack Hermansson vs. Chris Weidman
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Philipe Lins [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Bryce Mitchell vs. Charles Rosa [lower-alpha 2]
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark [lower-alpha 3]
Light Heavyweight Ed Herman vs. Jung Da Un [lower-alpha 4]
Featherweight Ryan Hall vs. Ricardo Lamas [lower-alpha 5]
Lightweight Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Drew Dober [lower-alpha 6]
Featherweight Edson Barboza vs. Josh Emmett [lower-alpha 7]
Women's Bantamweight Julia Avila vs. Karol Rosa [lower-alpha 8]
  1. ↑ Moved to the new UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira. [9]
  2. ↑ Moved to UFC 249. [10]
  3. ↑ Moved to UFC 250. [11]
  4. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan. [12]
  5. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakić. [13]
  6. ↑ Dober later booked to face Alexander Hernandez at the new UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira. [9]
  7. ↑ Barboza later booked to face Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris. [9]
  8. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo. [14]

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