| UFC on ESPN: Gane vs. Spivak | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 2, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Accor Arena | |||
| City | Paris, France | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Gane vs. Spivak (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 84) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 2, 2023, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. [1]
The event will mark the promotion's second visit to France and first since the country's much anticipated debut at UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa in September 2022. [1]
The event is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and Sergey Spivak. [2]
A women's bantamweight bout between Zarah Fairn dos Santos and Hailey Cowan was scheduled for the event. [3] However on August 6, Cowan was forced out of the event due to an injury. [4] She was replaced by promotional newcomer and the LFA Women's Bantamweight Champion Jacqueline Cavalcanti. [5]
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Azamat Murzakanov was expected to take place at the event. [6] However, Murzakanov pulled out in early August due to unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Bogdan Guskov. [7]
A lightweight bout between Nasrat Haqparast and Sam Patterson was expected to take place at the event. [8] However, Patterson pulled out due to health issues. [9] A replacement was found in promotional newcomer, Landon Quinones, and set for the following week at UFC 293. [10]
| Main Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ciryl Gane | vs. | Sergey Spivak | ||||
| Women’s Flyweight | Manon Fiorot | vs. | Rose Namajunas | ||||
| Lightweight | Benoît Saint-Denis | vs. | Thiago Moisés | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Volkan Oezdemir | vs. | Bogdan Guskov | ||||
| Featherweight | William Gomis | vs. | Lucas Almeida | ||||
| Bantamweight | Yanis Ghemmouri | vs. | Caolan Loughran | ||||
| Preliminary Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Morgan Charriere | vs. | Manolo Zecchini | ||||
| Bantamweight | Taylor Lapilus | vs. | Muin Gafurov | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Zarah Fairn dos Santos | vs. | Jacqueline Cavalcanti | ||||
| Women’s Bantamweight | Joselyne Edwards | vs. | Nora Cornolle | ||||
| Welterweight | Ange Loosa | vs. | Rhys McKee | ||||
| Bantamweight | Farid Basharat | vs. | Kleydson Rodrigues | ||||
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