UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 3, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Etihad Arena | |||
| City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |||
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UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov (also known as UFC on ABC 7) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on August 3, 2024, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1]
Background[edit]
The event will mark the promotion's 19th visit to Abu Dhabi and first since UFC 294 in October 2023.[1]
A bantamweight title eliminator bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov is scheduled to headline the event.[2][3] The pair was previously expected to headline at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font, but Nurmagomedov withdrew from the event due to a shoulder injury.[4]
A five round co-main event featuring former WEC and Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz (also former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger) and Vicente Luque is expected to take place at the event.[3]
A welterweight bout between former interim UFC Lightweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos welterweight winner) Tony Ferguson and The Ultimate Fighter: Live lightweight winner Michael Chiesa is expected to take place at the event.[3] The pair was previously expected to headline at UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker, but Chiesa pulled out due to a back injury.[5]
A middleweight bout between Denis Tiuliulin and Sedriques Dumas was scheduled to take place at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov.[6] However, due to visa issues relating to Dumas, that bout was postponed and will now take place at this event.[7][8]
Fight card[edit]
| Fight card (ABC / ESPN+) | |||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||||||||||
| Bantamweight | Cory Sandhagen | vs. | Umar Nurmagomedov | [a] | |||||||||||
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | vs. | Nick Diaz | ||||||||||||
| Bantamweight | Marlon Vera | vs. | Deiveson Figueiredo | ||||||||||||
| Welterweight | Tony Ferguson | vs. | Michael Chiesa | ||||||||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | vs. | Loopy Godinez | ||||||||||||
| Bantamweight | Chris Gutiérrez | vs. | Javid Basharat | ||||||||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Alonzo Menifield | vs. | Azamat Murzakanov | ||||||||||||
| Lightweight | Joel Álvarez | vs. | Elves Brenner | ||||||||||||
| Lightweight | Mohammad Yahya | vs. | Kauê Fernandes | ||||||||||||
| Middleweight | Sedriques Dumas | vs. | Denis Tiuliulin | ||||||||||||
| Heavyweight | Shamil Gaziev | vs. | Don'Tale Mayes | ||||||||||||
| Lightweight | Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady | vs. | Guram Kutateladze |
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Women's Strawweight | Victoria Dudakova | vs. | [[Sam Hughes (fighter)|Sam Hughes] |
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| Lightweight | Jai Herbert | vs. | Rolando Bedoya | ||||||||||||
| Flyweight | Azat Maksum | vs. | C.J. Vergara | ||||||||||||
- ^ UFC Bantamweight title eliminator.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Guilherme Cruz (2024-03-06). "UFC returns to Abu Dhabi with Fight Night card in August". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ Damon Martin (2024-05-06). "Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov booked for main event at UFC Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ a b c Damon Martin (2024-05-29). "Nick Diaz returns, Tony Ferguson moves to welterweight at UFC Abu Dhabi". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ Nolan King (2023-07-19). "Umar Nurmagomedov out of UFC on ESPN 50 main event vs. Cory Sandhagen". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ Staff (2016-06-27). "Michael Chiesa injured, out of July 13 UFC Fight Night headliner with Tony Ferguson". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ^ Staff (2024-06-14). "Updates to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov". ufc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Jay Anderson (2024-06-17). "SD Dumas says he's out of UFC Saudia Arabia fight with Denis Tiuliulin". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-06-24). "UFC summer schedule mapped out with 11 events in five cities". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
