UFC 199

UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)
Venue The Forum
City Inglewood, California
Event chronology

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UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on June 4, 2016 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[1]

Background

While this is the first time the organization has hosted an event at the venue, it will be the fifth time that UFC has hosted an event in Los Angeles County. Previous UFC events in the area were held at the Staples Center.[1]

The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between current champion Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman.[1] They previously met at UFC 194, when Rockhold won Weidman's title via fourth round TKO.[2]

The co-main event is expected to feature a UFC Bantamweight Championship trilogy bout between current two-time champion Dominick Cruz and former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber.[1] The pairing first met at featherweight on WEC 26 in 2007, when Faber defeated Cruz via guillotine choke to defend his title.[3] The rematch took place on UFC 132 in 2011, when Cruz defended his title for the first time via unanimous decision.[4]

A lightweight bout between Evan Dunham and The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos, originally scheduled for UFC 198, was moved to this event after a minor injury to Dunham delayed the matchup a few weeks.[5] Subsequently, Santos pulled out on April 29 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by James Vick.[6] In turn, Dunham pulled out of that pairing on May 5 for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Beneil Dariush.[7]

In January 2016, former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn announced his intentions to return to active competition in the featherweight division after an 18-month "retirement" and was expected to compete at UFC 197.[8][9] However, Penn's return was delayed after an investigation into criminal allegations made against him was launched.[10] After the UFC concluded that no criminal or civil charges would be filed, the organization announced that he would face Dennis Siver at this event.[11][12]

A lightweight bout between John Makdessi and Mehdi Baghdad was originally scheduled for this event, but on April 28 it was announced that the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez on July 7, possibly to bolster the card.[13]

Official fight card

Fight Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Luke Rockhold (c) vs. Chris Weidman [lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Max Holloway vs. Ricardo Lamas
Middleweight Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard
Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Bobby Green
Featherweight B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver
Featherweight Brian Ortega vs. Clay Guida
Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. James Vick
Women's Strawweight Jessica Penne vs. Jessica Andrade
Welterweight Sean Strickland vs. Tom Breese
Light Heavyweight Jonathan Wilson vs. Luiz Henrique da Silva
Middleweight Kevin Casey vs. Elvis Mutapcic
Lightweight Polo Reyes vs. Dong Hyun Kim
  1. ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Marc Raimondi (2016-03-04). "Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman, Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber headline UFC 199". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. ↑ Dave Doyle (2015-12-13). "UFC 194 results: Luke Rockhold stuns Chris Weidman to win middleweight title". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  3. ↑ T.P. Grant (2013-08-22). "Throwback Thursday: Urijah Faber vs Dominick Cruz, WEC 26 (March 24, 2007)". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  4. ↑ Staff (2011-07-02). "UFC 132 play by play and live results". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  5. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-03-15). "Evan Dunham suffers 'small injury', fight with Leonardo Santos moved to UFC 199". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  6. ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-04-29). "Friday fight update: Vick, Sasaki get fights". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  7. ↑ Ariel Helwani (2016-05-06). "James Vick vs. Beneil Dariush targeted for UFC 199". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. ↑ Staff (2016-01-19). "Ex-champ B.J. Penn ends retirement, but UFC boss still unsure on details". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  9. ↑ Damon Martin (2016-02-08). "BJ Penn says his return has been pushed back to UFC 197 in April". foxsports.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  10. ↑ MMA Fighting Newswire (2016-02-18). "UFC postpones BJ Penn's return amid allegations". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  11. ↑ Staff (2016-04-12). "B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver slated for UFC 199 in Los Angeles". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  12. ↑ Staff (2016-04-13). "UFC statement on BJ Penn". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  13. ↑ Mike Bohn (2016-04-28). "Mehdi Baghdad vs. John Makdessi moves from UFC 199 in June to UFC Fight Night 90 in July". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  14. ↑ "UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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