UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov

A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
Venue Times Union Center
City Albany, New York
Event chronology

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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov (also known as UFC Fight Night 102) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 9, 2016 at Times Union Center in Albany, New York[1]

Background

This event will be the first that the organization hosted in Albany.[1]

A heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and Shamil Abdurakhimov is expected to serve as the event headliner.[2]

A middleweight bout between Josh Samman and Oluwale Bamgbose was briefly linked to the event. However the pairing never materialized as Samman died on October 5, 2016.[3] Joe Gigliotti was tabbed as his replacement.[2] In turn, Bomgbose pulled out of the fight in mid-November citing an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Gerald Meerschaert.[4]

Promotional newcomer Charlie Ward was expected to face Randy Brown at the event. However, Ward was pulled from the event due in early November due to alleged visa issues which restricted his travel and was replaced by fellow newcomer Brian Camozzi.[5]

Zubaira Tukhugov was scheduled to face Tiago Trator at the event. However on November 14, Tukhugov was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier.[6] On November 28, Tukhugov was replaced by promotional newcomer Shane Burgos.[7]

Aljamain Sterling was expected to face Raphael Assunção at the event. However, Sterling pulled out of the fight on November 23 citing injury.[8] Assunção was subsequently removed from the card.[9]

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia women's strawweight winner Tatiana Suarez was expected to face Juliana Lima at the event. However, Suarez pulled out of the fight on November 23 citing injury.[10] She was replaced on December 2 by promotional newcomer JJ Aldrich.[11]

Patrick Cummins was expected to face Gian Villante at the event. However, Cummins pulled out of the fight on December 2 citing a staph infection.[12] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Saparbek Safarov.[11]

Official fight card

Fight Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
Heavyweight Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Hamilton
Light Heavyweight Gian Villante vs. Saparbek Safarov
Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson vs. Sean O'Connell
Women's Strawweight Juliana Lima vs. JJ Aldrich
Welterweight Randy Brown vs. Brian Camozzi
Middleweight Joe Gigliotti vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Middleweight Andrew Sanchez vs. Trevor Smith
Featherweight Tiago Trator vs. Shane Burgos
Lightweight Frankie Perez vs. Marc Diakiese
Middleweight Keith Berish vs. Ryan Janes

    [13]

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 Rick Karlin (2016-08-19). "UFC is coming to Times Union Center". timesunion.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
    2. 1 2 Staff (2016-10-14). "UFC Fight Night 102 gets eight new fights, including Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov headliner". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
    3. ↑ Marc Raimondi (2016-10-05). "UFC fighter Josh Samman dead at the age of 28". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
    4. ↑ Dale Jordan (2016-11-16). "Gerald Meerschaert replaces Oluwale Bamgbose; faces Joe Gigliotti at UFC Albany". mmamad.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
    5. ↑ Mark La Monica (2016-11-07). "Randy Brown gets new opponent for UFC Fight Night in Albany". newsday.com. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
    6. ↑ Staff (2016-11-14). "UFC statement on Zubaira Tukhugov". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
    7. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-11-28). "Trator gets new opponent at UFC Fight Night 102". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
    8. ↑ John Morgan (2016-11-24). "Aljamain Sterling out at UFC Fight Night 102, promotion needs U.S.-based foe for Raphael Assuncao". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
    9. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-11-28). "Raphael Assuncao removed from UFC Albany card after Aljamain Sterling injury". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
    10. ↑ Staff (2016-11-24). "Tatiana Suarez injured, out of UFC Fight Night 102 fight with Juliana Lima". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
    11. 1 2 Thomas Gerbasi (2016-12-02). "Safarov and Aldrich to make debuts in Albany". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
    12. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-12-02). "Patrick Cummins out of UFC Fight Night 102 card with staph infection". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
    13. ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
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