UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | July 20, 2024 | |||
Venue | UFC Apex | |||
City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
Attendance | Not announced [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba (also known as UFC on ESPN 60 and UFC Vegas 94) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 20, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]
A women's strawweight bout between former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Amanda Lemos and former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Virna Jandiroba headlined the event. [3]
A featherweight bout between Dan Ige and Joanderson Brito was scheduled for the event. [4] However, Brito was forced to pull from the event due to a leg injury. [5] He was replaced by Chepe Mariscal. [6] Subsequently, Ige withdrew from this bout on the day of UFC 303 to serve as a replacement fighter at that event. [7] [8] Mariscal was eventually booked to face Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2. [9]
A women's flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick was scheduled to take place at this event. [10] However, Cortez was pulled from the contest in order to serve as a replacement against former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas a week earlier at UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez, after her original opponent Maycee Barber pulled out. [11] Maverick instead faced Dione Barbosa. [12]
A middleweight bout between Brad Tavares and Park Jun-yong was expected to take place at the event. [13] However, the bout was scrapped when Park was not medically cleared after the weigh-ins. [14]
Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Women's Strawweight | Virna Jandiroba | def. | Amanda Lemos | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:48 | |
Featherweight | Steve Garcia | def. | Choi Seung-woo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:36 | |
Lightweight | Kurt Holobaugh | def. | Kaynan Kruschewsky | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | def. | Cody Durden | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:58 | |
Featherweight | Choi Doo-ho | def. | Bill Algeo | TKO (submission to punch) | 2 | 3:38 | |
Featherweight | Hyder Amil | def. | Lee Jeong-yeong | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:05 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
Bantamweight | Cody Gibson | def. | Brian Kelleher | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 3:58 | |
Women's Flyweight | Miranda Maverick | def. | Dione Barbosa | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Trey Ogden | def. | Loik Radzhabov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Luana Carolina | def. | Lucie Pudilová | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Thomas Petersen | def. | Mohammed Usman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [16]
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