UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16)
Venue	UFC Apex
City	Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 206 and UFC on ESPN+ 64) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 16, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. ^[1]

Background

A welterweight rematch between Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad is expected to headline the event. ^[2] The pair previously met at UFC 205, where Luque won the bout via first-round knockout. ^[3]

A lightweight bout between Drakkar Klose and Nikolas Motta was briefly link to the event. ^[4] However, Motta was removed from the event for undisclosed reason and he was replaced by Brandon Jenkins. ^[5]

A welterweight bout between Miguel Baeza and Dhiego Lima was scheduled for the event. ^[6] However, Lima announced his retirement from competition in early February and was replaced by André Fialho. ^[7]

A featherweight bout between Melsik Baghdasaryan and T.J. Laramie was originally booked for UFC 268, but Laramie had a MRSA infection and it was postponed. They were then expected to meet at this event. ^[8] In turn, Baghdasaryan pulled out due to unknown reasons and Laramie was matched up against Pat Sabatini. ^[9]

A lightweight bout between Victor Martinez and Jordan Leavitt was scheduled for the event. ^[10] However, Martinez withdrew from the event due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Trey Ogden. ^[11]

Uriah Hall was expected to meet André Muniz in a middleweight bout at the main card. ^[12] However on April 2, Hall withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. ^[13] Muniz was also pulled after promotion wasn't able to find him a replacement. ^[14]

A welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Mounir Lazzez was expected to take place at the event. ^[15] However, Zaleski dos Santos withdrew the week of the fight due to personal reasons. It is currently unknown if a replacement will be sought. ^[16]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Vicente Luque	vs.	Belal Muhammad
Women's Bantamweight	Mayra Bueno Silva	vs.	Wu Yanan
Featherweight	Pat Sabatini	vs.	T.J. Laramie
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight	Rafa García	vs.	Jesse Ronson
Heavyweight	Chris Barnett	vs.	Martin Buday
Women's Strawweight	Istela Nunes	vs.	Sam Hughes
Bantamweight	Heili Alateng	vs.	Kevin Croom

^[17]

Announced bouts

• Lightweight bout: Drakkar Klose vs. Brandon Jenkins ^[5]
• Welterweight bout: Miguel Baeza vs. André Fialho ^[7]
• Middleweight bout: Caio Borralho vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev ^[18]
• Women Bantamweight bout: Lina Länsberg vs. Pannie Kianzad ^[19]
• Lightweight bout: Jordan Leavitt vs. Trey Ogden. ^[11]
• Heavyweight bout: William Knight vs. Devin Clark ^[20]
• Welterweight bout: Mounir Lazzez vs. TBA ^[16]

See also

• Martial Arts portal

• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
• 2022 in UFC

References

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3. Steven Marrocco (2016-11-12). "UFC 205 results: Vicente Luque ends Belal Muhammad's night in 79 seconds with vicious KO". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
4. Alex Behunin (2022-01-07). "Drakkar Klose vs. Nikolas Motta set for April 16 UFC event". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
5. Marcel Dorff (2022-01-16). "Drakkar Klose back in the Octagon after a two-year absence". eurosport.nl. Retrieved 2022-01-16.(in Dutch)
6. Marcel Dorff (2022-01-18). "Baeza and Lima meet on April 16". eurosport.nl. Retrieved 2022-01-18.(in Dutch)
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10. Steve Duncan (2022-02-19). "Victor Martinez vs. Jordan Leavitt added to UFC Fight Night on April 16". mma.uno. Retrieved 2022-02-19.(in Spanish)
11. Marcel Dorff (2022-03-28). "UFC Vegas 51: Ogden makes UFC debut against Leavitt on April 16". eurosport.nl. Retrieved 2022-03-28.(in Dutch)
12. Matthew Wells and Mike Bohn (2022-01-28). "Uriah Hall set to face Andre Muniz at April 16 UFC Fight Night event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
13. Guilherme Cruz (2022-04-02). "Uriah Hall out of UFC Vegas 51 co-main event, replacement opponent sought for Andre Muniz". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
14. Farah Hannoun (2022-04-06). "Andre Muniz off UFC on ESPN 34 after Uriah Hall's withdrawal". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
15. Guilherme Cruz (2022-02-08). "UFC adds Elizeu Zaleski vs. Mounir Lazzez to April 16 event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
16. Guilherme Cruz (2022-04-11). "Elizeu Zaleski withdraws from UFC Vegas 51 fight with Mounir Lazzez due to personal reasons". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
17. "UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
18. "Debutanten Borralho & Omargadzhiev vechten op 16 april". Eurosport (in Dutch). 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
19. "Länsberg en Kianzad in Zweeds onderonsje op 16 april". Eurosport (in Dutch). 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
20. Nolan King (2022-03-31). "William Knight stays at heavyweight; Devin Clark elevates to fight him at UFC on ESPN 34". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.