UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | May 18, 2024 | |||
Venue | UFC Apex | |||
City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy (also known as UFC Fight Night 241 and UFC on ESPN+ 99) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on May 18, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]
A featherweight bout between Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy is expected to headline the event. [1]
A women's bantamweight bout between Hailey Cowan and Tamires Vidal is expected to take place at the event. [2] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen in March 2023, but Vidal pulled out due to undisclosed medical reasons. [3] However, Cowan was pulled from the event due to a broken leg and replaced by Melissa Gatto. [4]
Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner) Tim Elliott and Tatsuro Taira was expected to take place at the event. [5] However, Elliott withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and Taira was rescheduled against Joshua Van at UFC 302. [6]
Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Edson Barboza | vs. | Lerone Murphy | ||||
Welterweight | Khaos Williams | vs. | Carlston Harris | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Oumar Sy | vs. | Rodolfo Bellato | ||||
Bantamweight | Adrian Yanez | vs. | Vinicius Salvador | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Luana Pinheiro | vs. | Angela Hill | ||||
Welterweight | Themba Gorimbo | vs. | Ramiz Brahimaj | ||||
Middleweight | Abusupiyan Magomedov | vs. | Warlley Alves | ||||
Lightweight | Victor Martinez | vs. | Tom Nolan | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Piera Rodriguez | vs. | Ariane Carnelossi | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | vs. | Emily Ducote |