UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba

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UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 20, 2024 (2024-07-20)
Venue UFC Apex
City Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2

UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba (also known as UFC on ESPN 60 and UFC Vegas 94) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on July 20, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]

Contents

Background

A women's strawweight bout between former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Amanda Lemos and former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Virna Jandiroba is expected to headline the event. [2]

A featherweight bout between Dan Ige and Joanderson Brito was scheduled for the event. [3] However, Brito was forced to pull from the event due to a leg injury. [4] He was replaced by Chepe Mariscal. [5] Subsequently, Ige withdrew from this bout on the day of UFC 303 to serve as a replacement fighter at that event. [6] [7] Mariscal was eventually booked to face Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night 242. [8]

A women's flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick was scheduled to take place at this event. [9] 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. [9] Maverick will instead face Dione Barbosa. [10]

Fight card

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Strawweight Amanda Lemos vs. Virna Jandiroba
Middleweight Brad Tavares vs. Park Jun-yong
Featherweight Steve Garcia vs. Choi Seung-woo
Lightweight Kurt Holobaugh vs.Kaynan Kruschewsky
Featherweight Choi Doo-ho vs. Bill Algeo
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Flyweight Cody Durden vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva
FeatherweightLee Jeong-yeongvs.Hyder Amil
Bantamweight Brian Kelleher vs. Cody Gibson
Women's Flyweight Miranda Maverick vs.Dione Barbosa
LightweightLoik Radzhabovvs.Trey Ogden
Women's Flyweight Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilová
HeavyweightMohammed Usmanvs.Thomas Petersen

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    3. ↑ Farah Hannoun (2024-05-16). "Joanderson Brito gets wish, meets Dan Ige at UFC Fight Night on July 20". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
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    6. ↑ Nolan King (2024-06-29). "Dan Ige replaces Brian Ortega in shocking 11th-hour UFC 303 co-main event change vs. Diego Lopes". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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    9. 1 2 Damon Martin (2024-06-25). "Maycee Barber out; Tracy Cortez expected to face Rose Namajunas at UFC Denver". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
    10. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2024-06-27). "Dione Barbosa replaces Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick at UFC Vegas 94". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
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