UFC Fight Night 242

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UFC Fight Night 242
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 15, 2024 (2024-06-15)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN 57 UFC Fight Night 242 UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Chimaev

UFC Fight Night 242 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 100) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 15, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]

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Background

This will be the 100th event the promotion will host at the UFC Apex. The UFC started hosting events at the venue in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, originally behind closed doors, before changing their approach to a limited set of tickets per event in July 2021. [1]

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira is expected to headline the event. [2] Perez was originally expected to face Tagir Ulanbekov [3] However, he was pulled in order to serve as replacement and headline UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez in April. [4] In turn on April 30, it was reported that the fight between Perez and Ulanbekov was back on for this event. [5] After Perez was moved to the headlined spot, the promotion opted to book Ulanbekov against Joshua Van, who was Taira's original opponent at UFC 302. [2]

A women's strawweight bout between Julia Polastri and Josefine Lindgren Knutsson is expected to take place at the event. [6] They were originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev but the bout was scrapped when Knutsson pulled out due to injury. [7]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and Martin Buday was scheduled for this event. [8] However, the bout was moved to UFC 303 for unknown reasons. [9]

Announced bouts

See also

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