UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
| UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 29, 2016 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt (also known as UFC Fight Night 88) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on May 29, 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][2]
Background
A bantamweight bout between top undefeated prospects Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt is expected to headline the event.[1]
Keith Berish was very briefly linked to a bout with Jake Collier at the event. However, Berish pulled out due to injury on March 31 and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alberto Uda.[3]
Joe Proctor was expected to face Erik Koch at the event. However, Proctor pulled out of the fight on April 21 citing injury and was replaced by Shane Campbell.[4]
Official fight card
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Thomas Almeida | vs. | Cody Garbrandt | ||||
| Featherweight | Renan Barão | vs. | Jeremy Stephens | ||||
| Welterweight | Tarec Saffiedine | vs. | Rick Story | ||||
| Middleweight | Chris Camozzi | vs. | Vitor Miranda | ||||
| Welterweight | Jorge Masvidal | vs. | Lorenz Larkin | ||||
| Lightweight | Josh Burkman | vs. | Paul Felder | ||||
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Sara McMann | vs. | Jessica Eye | ||||
| Lightweight | Abel Trujillo | vs. | Carlos Diego Ferreira | ||||
| Middleweight | Jake Collier | vs. | Alberto Uda | ||||
| Lightweight | Erik Koch | vs. | Shane Campbell | ||||
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling | vs. | Bryan Caraway | ||||
| Heavyweight | Chris De La Rocha | vs. | Adam Milstead | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Staff (2016-03-18). "Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt being targeted for UFC Fight Night 88 main event". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-03-19). "Almeida-Garbrandt headlines May 29 event in Las Vegas". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-03-31). "Undefeated Alberto Uda signs with the UFC, replaces Keith Berish vs. Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night 88". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ Staff (2016-04-21). "Shane Campbell replaces Joe Proctor, meets Erik Koch at UFC Fight 88". themmareport.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
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