| UFC on ESPN: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 26, 2025 | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Center | |||
| City | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. (also known as UFC on ESPN 66) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 26, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. [1]
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Kansas City and first since UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen in April 2023. [1]
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill and former title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. is scheduled to headline the event. [2] The pairing was previously expected to co-headline UFC 303 in last June, but it was scrapped as Rountree withdrew from the event after unintentionally ingesting DHEA in a tainted supplement. [3] [4]
A featherweight bout between Giga Chikadze and David Onama was scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy, but it was moved to this event for unknown reasons. [5] [6]
A middleweight bout between Ikram Aliskerov and André Muniz is expected to take place at the event. [7] The pair was originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira in June 2024, but Muniz withdrew from the bout after he suffered a foot fracture. [8] Subsequently, the bout was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov in February, but it was cancelled once again as Muniz and his team had visa issues. [9]
A lightweight bout between Mitch Ramirez and Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada was scheduled for this event. [10] However, Ramirez withdrew from the fight due to an injury and was replaced by Evan Elder. [11]
| Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Jamahal Hill | vs. | Khalil Rountree Jr. | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | vs. | Zhang Mingyang | ||||
| Featherweight | Giga Chikadze | vs. | David Onama | ||||
| Middleweight | Michel Pereira | vs. | Abusupiyan Magomedov | ||||
| Middleweight | Ikram Aliskerov | vs. | André Muniz | ||||
| Welterweight | Randy Brown | vs. | Nicolas Dalby | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Matt Schnell | vs. | Jimmy Flick | ||||
| Lightweight | Evan Elder | vs. | Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Jaqueline Amorim | vs. | Polyana Viana | ||||
| Bantamweight | Malcolm Wellmaker | vs. | Cameron Saaiman | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Chelsea Chandler | vs. | Joselyne Edwards | ||||
