UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman was a planned mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship originally planned to take place on May 2, 2020 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma, UFC president Dana White announced on April 9 that starting with UFC 249, all future events were indefinitely postponed.[2] The event was officially cancelled on April 20.[3]
| UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 2, 2020 (cancelled) | |||
| Venue | Chesapeake Energy Arena | |||
| City | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe event would be the third that the promotion has contested in Oklahoma City, following UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard in September 2009 and UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee in June 2017.[1]
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and Jack Hermansson had been slated to serve as the event headliner.[4]
A women's bantamweight bout between Sarah Alpar and Duda Santana was scheduled for the event. However, Santana was removed from the event for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Vanessa Melo.[5]
A women's bantamweight bout between Julia Avila and Karol Rosa was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris. However, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The pairing was rescheduled for this event.[7]
Due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some Brazilian fighters were unable to compete due to visa issues on the original date – Marina Rodriguez (who was expected to face former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger Cláudia Gadelha) and Vanessa Melo (who was expected to replace Santana against Alpar).[8]
Cancelled fight card
edit| Fight card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Jack Hermansson | vs. | Chris Weidman | ||||
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | vs. | Philipe Lins | [a] | |||
| Featherweight | Bryce Mitchell | vs. | Charles Rosa | [b] | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Alonzo Menifield | vs. | Devin Clark | [c] | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Ed Herman | vs. | Jung Da Un | [d] | |||
| Featherweight | Ryan Hall | vs. | Ricardo Lamas | [e] | |||
| Lightweight | Carlos Diego Ferreira | vs. | Drew Dober | [f] | |||
| Featherweight | Edson Barboza | vs. | Josh Emmett | [g] | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Julia Avila | vs. | Karol Rosa | [h] | |||
- ^ Moved to the new UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira.[9]
- ^ Moved to UFC 249.[10]
- ^ Moved to UFC 250.[11]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan.[12]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakić.[13]
- ^ Dober later booked to face Alexander Hernandez at the new UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira.[9]
- ^ Barboza later booked to face Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris.[9]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo.[14]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Jeff Patterson (2020-02-08). "UFC set to return to OKC's Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 2". oklahoman.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ Damon Martin (2020-04-09). "UFC 249, upcoming events postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, Dana White promises 'Fight Island' will proceed". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2020-04-20). "UFC officially cancels four events due to coronavirus pandemic". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2020-02-20). "Chris Weidman vs. Jack Hermansson verbally agree to fight at UFC Oklahoma City". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ Staff (16 February 2020). "Vanessa Melo replaces Duda Santana against Sarah Alpar during UFC Oklahoma City". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-17. (in Dutch)
- ^ Nolan King and John Morgan (2020-03-15). "UFC postpones three events amid growing coronavirus outbreak". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Staff (2020-04-08). "Various battles for upcoming events have been announced". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-08. (in Dutch)
- ^ Staff (2020-04-09). "Jose Aldo among Brazilians out of UFC 250 and beyond because of visa issues during pandemic". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ a b c Nolan King (2020-05-01). "Dana White announces full list of UFC matchups for May 13, May 16 events in Florida". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2020-04-24). "UFC schedules three fight cards, led by UFC 249 on May 9 in Florida with no fans". espn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2020-05-08). "UFC 250 adds Devin Clark vs. Alonzo Menifield to expanding June 6 lineup". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Staff (2020-06-16). "Da Un Jung vs. Ed Herman scheduled again, this time for UFC event on August 1". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-16. (in Dutch)
- ^ Mike Heck (2020-07-03). "Ryan Hall vs. Ricardo Lamas rebooked for UFC event on Aug. 29". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Mike Heck and Guilherme Cruz (2020-05-19). "Julia Avila vs. Karol Rosa rebooking in the works for June 13 UFC event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2020-02-21.