UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi

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UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 3, 2023 (2023-06-03)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana

UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi (also known as UFC on ESPN 46 or UFC Vegas 74) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 3, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and former LFA Middleweight Champion Brendan Allen was expected to headline the event. [3] However, Hermansson withdrew in late April due to an undisclosed injury and the bout was scratched. [4] Allen was eventually rescheduled against Bruno Silva at UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria on June 25. [5] As a result, a scheduled flyweight bout between former interim UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Kai Kara-France and Amir Albazi was promoted to main event status. [6]

Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner) Tim Elliott and Allan Nascimento were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at the event. [7] However on April 28, Nascimento pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former LFA Flyweight Champion Victor Altamirano. [8]

Former Strikeforce and UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate was expected to face Mayra Bueno Silva in a women's bantamweight contest. [9] However on May 10, it was announced that Tate suffered an undisclosed injury and Bueno Silva was moved to headline UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva against another former champion in Holly Holm. [10]

A featherweight bout between David Onama and Khusein Askhabov was expected to take place at this event. [11] However, Askhabov withdrew for unknown reasons. [12] Onama was instead rescheduled to face Gabriel Santos at UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria. [13]

Jim Miller and Ľudovít Klein were expected to meet in a lightweight bout. [14] However, Klein pulled out on May 19 due to illness and was replaced by Jared Gordon. [15] In turn, Gordon was pulled from the bout on the week of the event after not being medically cleared and was replaced by promotional newcomer Jesse Butler. [16]

A lightweight bout between Jamie Mullarkey and Guram Kutateladze was scheduled for this event. [17] However, Kutateladze withdrew from the bout due to visa issues and was replaced by Muhammad Naimov. [18] [19]

A bantamweight bout between John Castañeda and Mateus Mendonça was scheduled to take place at this event. However, Mendonça withdrew from the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Muin Gafurov. [20]

Results

Main Card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Flyweight Amir Albazi def. Kai Kara-France Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)55:00
Featherweight Alex Caceres def. Daniel Pineda Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Jim Miller def.Jesse ButlerKO (punch)10:23
Flyweight Tim Elliott def.Victor AltamiranoDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Women's Flyweight Karine Silva def. Ketlen Souza Submission (kneebar)11:45
Welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Abubakar Nurmagomedov Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
BantamweightDaniel Santosdef. Johnny Muñoz Jr. Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)35:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Don'Tale Mayes def. Andrei Arlovski TKO (punches)23:17
Bantamweight John Castañeda def.Muin GafurovDecision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)35:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Muhammad Naimov def. Jamie Mullarkey TKO (punches)22:59
Women's Strawweight Elise Reed def. Jinh Yu Frey Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
BantamweightDa'Mon Blacksheardef.Luan LacerdaTKO (punches)23:54
Light Heavyweight Philipe Lins def. Maxim Grishin Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
  1. Santos was deducted 1 point in round 3 due to a groin strike.
  2. Gafurov was deducted 1 point in round 2 due to repeatedly leading with the head.

[21]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [22]

See also

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