UFC officials announced Wednesday that former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will face Francis Ngannou at UFC 215 on September 9th at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Dos Santos (18-5) has dropped two of his last three fights, including a first-round knockout loss to Stipe Miocic at UFC 211 in May. The 33-year-old has never lost back-to-back bouts in his career and will be fighting for just the fourth time since 2015.
Ngannou (10-1) heads into this matchup on a nine-fight win streak, including a 92-second TKO victory over Andrei Arlovski at UFC on FOX 23 in January. The 30-year-old hasn’t lost a fight since 2013 and has only gone the distance once in his career.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Francis Ngannou vs. Junior Dos Santos
Ilir Latifi vs. Tyson Pedro
Henry Cejudo vs. Wilson Reis
Rick Glenn vs. Gavin Tucker
Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Sarah Moras
Arjan Bhullar vs. Luis Henrique
Tyron Woodley set to defend welterweight title against Demian Maia at UFC 214 Tyron Woodley annouced on “UFC Tonight” on FS1 that he will be defending his welterweight title against Demian Maia at UFC 214 on July 29th in Anaheim.
Woodley (17-3-1) defeated Stephen Thompson in their rematch earlier this year at UFC 209 and heads into this matchup on a five-fight unbeaten streak. The 35-year-old has only lost once since late 2013.
Maia (25-6) will be competing for his second UFC championship. In 2010, he came up short against Anderson Silva at UFC 212, losing by unanimous decision in a middleweight championship bout. The 39-year-old is currently riding a seven-fight win streak.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones – for light heavyweight title
Cristiane Justino vs. Tony Evinger – for vacant women’s featherweight title
Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Demian Maia – for welterweight title
Andre Fili vs. TBA
Jason Knight vs. Ricardo Lamas
Renan Barao vs. Aljamain Sterling
Alexandra Albu vs. Kailin Curran
Josh Burkman vs. Drew Dober
Dmitrii Smoliakov vs. Adam Wieczorkowski
Jarred Brooks vs. Eric Shelton
Jimi Manuwa vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Sage Northcutt vs. John Makdessi
Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega
Sara McMann vs. Ketlen Vieira
Past weight-cut issues for Renan Barao make matchup with Aljamain Sterling a 140-pound catchweight The California State Athletic Commission has forced former UFC champion Renan Barao to fight at a 140-pound catchweight bout instead of at bantamweight against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 214 on July 29th in Anaheim. FloCombat was the first to report the news.
This stems from Barao’s weight-cutting issue from 2014 in California when he was set to rematch T.J. Dillashaw in the UFC 177 main event. On the day of weigh-ins, the Brazilian had to be hospitalized after a bad weight cut and was removed from the card. CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster told FloCombat.com if Barao is able to make 140 pounds, the commission would allow him to compete at bantamweight again in California.
