UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Buckley

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UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Buckley
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 14, 2024 (2024-12-14)
Venue Amalie Arena
City Tampa, Florida, United States
Event chronology
UFC 310 UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Buckley UFC Fight Night 249

UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Buckley (also known as UFC on ESPN 63) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 14, 2024, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, United States. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

The event will mark the promotion's fourth visit to Tampa and first since UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October 2019. [2]

A welterweight bout between Joaquin Buckley and Ian Machado Garry is expected to headline the event. [3]

A bantamweight bout between Umar Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong was originally reported to headline the event. [4] However, the bout was scrapped due to Song being injured. [5]

A women's flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick was originally scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba in July, but 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. [6] They were then expected to meet at this event. [7] However, Cortez was forced to withdraw due to health issues that required her to have surgery and was replaced by former LFA Women's Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth. [8] [9]

A bantamweight bout between Said Nurmagomedov and Daniel Marcos was scheduled for this event. [10] However, Nurmagomedov withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Adrian Yañez. [11]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Ian Machado Garry vs. Joaquin Buckley
Women's Strawweight Amanda Ribas vs. Mackenzie Dern
Featherweight Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo
Lightweight Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar
Lightweight Joel Álvarez vs. Drakkar Klose
Light Heavyweight Vitor Petrino vs. Dustin Jacoby
Flyweight Manel Kape vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva
Bantamweight Adrian Yañez vs. Daniel Marcos
Bantamweight Davey Grant vs.Ramon Taveras
Women's Strawweight Josefine Lindgren Knutsson vs.Piera Rodriguez
Light HeavyweightNavajo Stirlingvs.Tuco Tokkos
Featherweight Sean Woodson vs.Fernando Padilla

    [12]

    Announced bouts

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