UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | April 11, 2020 (cancelled) | |||
Venue | Moda Center | |||
City | Portland, Oregon, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris was a planned mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship originally planned to take place on April 11, 2020 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed (see section below).[2]
Background
The event was expected to be the third that the organization hosted in Portland, following UFC 102 in August 2009 and UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson in October 2016.[1]
A heavyweight bout between the former
A middleweight bout between Abu Azaitar and Alessio Di Chirico was scheduled for the event.[5] However, Azaitar was pulled from the event for an undisclosed reason and replaced by Markus Perez.[6]
A middleweight bout between Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan was initially scheduled for UFC 248.[7] However, it was announced on February 20 that the bout had been rescheduled and would serve as the co-headliner for this event.[8]
COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Cancelled fight card
Fight card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | vs. | Walt Harris | [a] | |||
Middleweight | Derek Brunson | vs. | Edmen Shahbazyan | [b] | |||
Women's Strawweight | Carla Esparza | vs. | Michelle Waterson
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[c] | |||
Welterweight | Vicente Luque | vs. | Randy Brown | [d] | |||
Middleweight | Eryk Anders | vs. | Krzysztof Jotko | [e] | |||
Middleweight | Markus Perez | vs. | Alessio Di Chirico | ||||
Welterweight | Niko Price | vs. | Muslim Salikhov | [f] | |||
Lightweight | Tristan Connelly | vs. | Alex da Silva Coelho | ||||
Welterweight | Cole Williams | vs. | Philip Rowe | ||||
Women's Bantamweight | Julia Avila | vs. | Karol Rosa | [g] | |||
Heavyweight | Don'Tale Mayes | vs. | Rodrigo Nascimento | [h] | |||
Lightweight | Davi Ramos | vs. | Arman Tsarukyan | [i] |
- ^ Moved to UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris.[13]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan.[14]
- ^ Moved to UFC 249.[15]
- ^ Luque later booked to face Niko Price at UFC 249.[16]
- ^ Moved to UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris.[13]
- ^ Price later booked to face Vicente Luque at UFC 249.[16]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman.[17]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira.[13]
- ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2.[18]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Tim Brown (2020-02-08). "UFC Fight Night coming to Portland on April 11, headlined by Alistair Overeem vs. Walt Harris". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ a b Nolan King and John Morgan (2020-03-15). "UFC postpones three events amid growing coronavirus outbreak". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2019-11-01). "Walt Harris withdraws from UFC on ESPN 7 headliner vs. Alistair Overeem". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ Adam Guillen Jr. (2019-11-27). "Aniah Blanchard confirmed dead following autopsy report". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ Staff (2019-12-27). "Azaitar vs. Di Chirico and Avila vs. Rosa added to UFC event on April 11". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2019-12-27. (in Dutch)
- ^ Kenai Andrews (2020-02-08). "UFC on ESPN+ 30: Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson added". mmacrossfire.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2020-01-22). "Middleweights Derek Brunson, Edmen Shahbazyan to clash at UFC 248 in Las Vegas". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ Staff (2020-02-20). "Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan moved from UFC 248 to UFC Portland". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-20. (in Dutch)
- ^ Staff (2020-03-12). "Coronavirus: UFC schedule continues for next several weeks, but with some adjustments". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2020-03-15). "UFC to move next three events, Dana White vows show will go on despite coronavirus pandemic". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2020-03-16). "UFC postponing next three events, Dana White says". espn.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Farah Hannoun (2020-03-24). "Dana White: All called-off fights, including Tyron Woodley vs. Leon Edwards, are being rescheduled". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ a b c Nolan King (2020-05-01). "Dana White announces full list of UFC matchups for May 13, May 16 events in Florida". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Danny Segura (2020-06-08). "Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan booked for UFC Fight Night event on August 1". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2020-04-24). "UFC schedules three fight cards, led by UFC 249 on May 9 in Florida with no fans". espn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ a b Alexander K. Lee (2020-04-06). "UFC 249 fight card announced, Andrade vs. Namajunas 2 still co-headlines". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ Staff (2020-04-08). "Various battles for upcoming events have been announced". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-08. (in Dutch)
- ^ Staff (2020-06-11). "BREAKING: Davi Ramos vs. Arman Tsarukyan added to the July 18 event on Yas Island". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-12. (in Dutch)
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2020-02-11.