UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn

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UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 15, 2016 (cancelled)
Venue Mall of Asia Arena
City Pasay, Philippines
Event chronology
UFC 204: Bisping vs Henderson 2 UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson

UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn (also known as UFC Fight Night 97) was a planned mixed martial arts event that was set to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 15, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. [1] [2]

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Background

The event in Pasay was supposed to be the second that the organization hosted in the Philippines, with the first being UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber on May 16, 2015. [1] The entire event was supposed to stream live on UFC Fight Pass. [1]

A featherweight bout between former title challenger Ricardo Lamas and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn was expected to serve as the main event. [3] However, on October 4, Penn pulled out of the fight citing an injury. [4] In turn, the promotion announced on October 6 that they had cancelled the event entirely. [5] [6]

The remaining fighters on the card were all awarded their contracted show money despite not competing. All of the fighters on the card were rebooked for future events. This was the third time, following UFC 151 in September 2012, and UFC 176 in August 2014 that the promotion elected to cancel an event because of a lack of a high-profile fight to fill a main event spot. [5]

A lightweight bout between Damir Hadžović and Yusuke Kasuya, initially scheduled for UFC 203, was postponed after Hadžović experienced an issue with his travel visa. The pairing was rescheduled and was expected to take place at this event. [7]

Mehdi Baghdad was expected to face Jon Tuck at the event. However, Baghdad pulled out of the fight in mid-September citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alexander Volkanovski. [8]

Cancelled fight card

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. B.J. Penn [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura [lower-alpha 2]
Flyweight Jenel Lausa vs. Yao Zhikui [lower-alpha 3]
Featherweight Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota [lower-alpha 4]
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Sam Alvey vs.Alex Nicholson [lower-alpha 5]
Lightweight Jon Tuck vs. Alexander Volkanovski [lower-alpha 6]
Middleweight Yang Dongi vs. Ryan Janes [lower-alpha 7]
Women's Strawweight Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor [lower-alpha 8]
Welterweight James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono [lower-alpha 9]
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ali Bagautinov [lower-alpha 10]
Lightweight Damir Hadžović vs.Yusuke Kasuya [lower-alpha 11]
  1. ↑ Lamas booked against Charles Oliveira. Moved to The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson; [9] Penn booked against Yair Rodríguez. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn. [10]
  2. ↑ Lewis booked against Shamil Abdurakhimov. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov [11]
  3. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson [12]
  4. ↑ Moved to UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson [13]
  5. ↑ Moved to The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson. [14]
  6. ↑ Tuck booked against Damien Brown; Volkanovski booked against Kasuya. Both moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson [15]
  7. ↑ Janes booked against Keith Berish. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov [11]
  8. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson [16]
  9. ↑ Moved to UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson [17]
  10. ↑ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 [18]
  11. ↑ Kasuya booked against Volkanovski and moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson [15]

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