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UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date January 23, 2021
Venue TBD
City TBD
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night 185 UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 UFC Fight Night 186
UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 23, 2021, at a location to be announced.[1]
Contents
1 Background
2 Fight card
3 Announced bouts
4 See also
5 References
Background
A lightweight rematch between former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor and former interim champion Dustin Poirier is set to headline this event.[2][3] They met previously in a featherweight bout at UFC 178 in September 27, 2014, where McGregor won by first round TKO.[4]
A bantamweight bout between promotional newcomers Umar Nurmagomedov and Sergey Morozov was initially scheduled to take place at UFC 254, but Nurmagomedov pulled out due to an illness.[5] The pairing was rescheduled for this event.[6]
A flyweight bout between Amir Albazi and Zhalgas Zhumagulov was expected to take place at UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark, but Zhumagulov pulled out due to visa issues and the bout was rescheduled for this event.[7][8]
Women’s Flyweight bout: Jessica Eye vs. Joanne Calderwood[10]
Middleweight bout: Brad Tavares vs. Antônio Carlos Júnior[11]
Women’s Strawweight bout: Michelle Waterson vs. Amanda Ribas[12]
Middleweight bout: Andrew Sanchez vs. Andre Muniz[13]
Lightweight bout: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Arman Tsarukyan[14]
Lightweight bout: Ottman Azaitar vs. Matt Frevola[15]
Bantamweight bout: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Sergey Morozov[6]
Featherweight bout: Shane Burgos vs. Hakeem Dawodu[16]
Flyweight bout: Amir Albazi vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov[8]
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