UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
| UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 8, 2016 | |||
| Venue | Ahoy Rotterdam | |||
| City | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski (also known as UFC Fight Night 87) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on May 8, 2016 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]
Background
The event will be the first that the organization has hosted in the Netherlands.[1]
The event is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski.[2]
Rashid Magomedov was expected to face Chris Wade at the event. However, Magomedov pulled out of the fight in early March citing injury, and was replaced by Rustam Khabilov.[3]
Peter Sobotta was expected to face Dominic Waters at the event. However, Sobotta pulled out of the fight in late March citing injury and was replaced by Leon Edwards.[4]
Paddy Holohan was expected to face Willie Gates at the event. However, on April 25, Holohan abruptly announced his retirement, citing a rare blood disorder.[5] In turn, Gates will face Ulka Sasaki.[6]
Nick Hein was expected to face Jon Tuck on the card, but pulled out just 6 days before the event due to injury.[7] He was replaced two days later by promotional newcomer Josh Emmett.[8]
Official fight card
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | vs. | Andrei Arlovski | ||||
| Heavyweight | Antônio Silva | vs. | Stefan Struve | ||||
| Welterweight | Albert Tumenov | vs. | Gunnar Nelson | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Germaine de Randamie | vs. | Anna Elmose | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Nikita Krylov | vs. | Francimar Barroso | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | vs. | Heather Jo Clark | ||||
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Rustam Khabilov | vs. | Chris Wade | ||||
| Middleweight | Magnus Cedenblad | vs. | Garreth McLellan | ||||
| Lightweight | Jon Tuck | vs. | Josh Emmett | ||||
| Lightweight | Yan Cabral | vs. | Reza Madadi | ||||
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | vs. | Neil Seery | ||||
| Welterweight | Leon Edwards | vs. | Dominic Waters | ||||
| Flyweight | Ulka Sasaki | vs. | Willie Gates | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 UFC Press Release (2016-02-26). "Overeem and Arlovski to headline UFC debut in The Netherlands". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Brad Popkin (2016-02-20). "Alistair Overeem vs Andrei Arlovski heavyweight main event set for UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ↑ Sebastian Vendel-Martinez (2016-03-08). "UFN 87: Rustam Khabilov tackles Chris Wade in Rotterdam (Swedish)". mmanytt.se. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ↑ Staff (2016-03-30). "Leon Edwards steps in for injured Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ↑ Staff (2016-04-25). "Paddy Holohan announces retirment". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ↑ Staff (2016-04-26). "With Paddy Holohan's retirement, Willie Gates gets new UFC Fight Night 87 opponent". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ John Morgan (2016-05-02). "Nick Hein injured, UFC seeks replacement opponent for Jon Tuck at Sunday's UFC Fight Night 87 event". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ Staff (2016-05-04). "Team Alpha Male's Josh Emmett in for Nick Hein vs. Jon Tuck at UFC Fight Night 87". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
