UFC Fight Night: Santos vs Walker

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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 2, 2021 (2021-10-02)
Venue TBD
CityTBD
Event chronology
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker UFC Fight Night 194

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker (also known as UFC Fight Night 193 and UFC on ESPN+ 51) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 2, 2021 at a TBA location. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title challenger Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker has been slated to headline the event. [4]

A women's bantamweight bout between Aspen Ladd and The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters featherweight winner Macy Chiasson is expected to take place at the event. [5] The pairing was initially scheduled for UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw, but it was removed from that card on July 19 after Chiasson suffered a stress fracture on her foot. [6]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Light Heavyweight Thiago Santos vs. Johnny Walker
Middleweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Krzysztof Jotko

    [7]

    Announced bouts

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