| UFC Fight Night 238 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 2, 2024 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night 238 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 96) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on March 2, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1]
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Background
This event would have marked the promotion's debut in Saudi Arabia.[2][3] However on January 15, it was reported by Ariel Helwani that the local organization was seeking a deeper and more high-profile card than was being offered by the UFC and the event was postponed to a later date – possibly in June. At the time of publication, it is unclear if the fights scheduled for the event will still take place at a different location, or if the bouts will be rescheduled for new dates.[4] UFC CEO Dana White later dismissed the move was due to a "weak lineup for the event" and said that "a couple of fights that we wanted to line up, weren’t ready to go" as the reason for the postponement, also adding that they "didn't tell Saudi Arabia about one fight".[5]
On January 24, Saudi Arabia's chairman of General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh announced the event in Riyadh (expected to take place at Kingdom Arena) had been officially postponed until June 22, citing "a decision to reschedule was taken to ensure the best caliber of talent will be available to participate". The March 2 event now takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with the same fights originally booked for the event (pending any potential travel issues among fighters).[1]
A heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev is expected to headline the event.[6]
A flyweight bout between Matt Schnell and Steve Erceg is expected to take place at the event.[7] They were originally scheduled for UFC 295 in November 2023, but Schnell withdrew due to unknown reasons.[8]
Fight card
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Alex Perez | vs. | Muhammad Mokaev | ||||
| Flyweight | Matt Schnell | vs. | Steve Erceg | ||||
| Bantamweight | Vinicius Oliveira | vs. | Yanis Ghemmouri | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Vitor Petrino | vs. | Tyson Pedro | ||||
| Lightweight | Joel Álvarez | vs. | Ľudovít Klein | ||||
| Middleweight | Christian Leroy Duncan | vs. | Cláudio Ribeiro | ||||
| Featherweight | Mohammad Yahya | vs. | Brendon Marotte | ||||
| Bantamweight | Aiemann Zahabi | vs. | Javid Basharat | ||||
Announced bouts
- Middleweight bout: Eryk Anders vs. Jamie Pickett[10]
- Heavyweight bout: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev[11]
- Lightweight bout: Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov[12]
- Women's Strawweight bout: Josefine Lindgren Knutsson vs. Julia Polastri[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b Nolan King (2024-01-24). "Saudi Arabia announces new date for inaugural UFC event in Riyadh". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2023-10-11). "UFC announces inaugural Saudi Arabia event coming in March 2024". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Damon Martin (2023-10-11). "UFC books first card in Saudi Arabia for March 2024". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2024-01-15). "Report: UFC Saudi Arabia postponed, possibly until June". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Matthew Wells (2024-01-18). "Dana White calls 'bullsh*t' on talk of UFC Saudi Arabia postponement over quality of card". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ Matthew Wells and Nolan King (2024-02-08). "Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev to headline March UFC Fight Night event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2024-02-04). "Steve Erceg, Matt Schnell rebooked for UFC Fight Night 238 on March 2". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ News Desk (2023-10-28). "UFC 295: Matt Schnell out, Alessandro Costa faces Steve Erceg". itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 238". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Raghuwanshi, Vipin (2023-12-01). "Eryk Anders vs Jamie Pickett Announced for UFC Saudi Arabia". www.itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Calhoun, Curtis (2024-01-10). "Jairzinho Rozenstruik Set To Face Undefeated Heavyweight At UFC Saudi Arabia". MMA News | UFC News, Results & Interviews. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov joins UFC Saudi Arabia lineup". MMA Junkie. 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Tafari, Ashah (2024-01-21). "Josefine 'Thunder' Knutsson set for next UFC fight". Frontkick.online. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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