UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn

UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn

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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)
Venue Talking Stick Resort Arena
City Phoenix, Arizona
Event chronology

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UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 15, 2017 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona[1][2]

Background

This will be the second event the organization has hosted in Phoenix.[1]

A featherweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn is expected to serve as the event headliner.[3]

Official fight card

Fight Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Yair Rodríguez vs. B.J. Penn
Welterweight Court McGee vs. Ben Saunders
Lightweight Erik Koch vs. Tony Martin
Lightweight Devin Powell vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Heavyweight Cyril Asker vs. Dmitri Smoliakov
Light Heavyweight Joachim Christensen vs. Bojan Mihajlović
Heavyweight Viktor Pešta vs. Damian Grabowski
Heavyweight Walt Harris vs. Chase Sherman
Lightweight Joe Lauzon vs. Marcin Held
Bantamweight Bryan Caraway vs. Jimmie Rivera
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Sergio Pettis

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    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 Thomas Gerbasi (2016-11-04). "UFC visits Phoenix in January". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
    2. Dave Doyle (2016-11-04). "UFC returns to Phoenix; three fights announced". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
    3. Thomas Gerbasi (2016-11-21). "Rodríguez vs Penn to headline Phoenix event". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
    4. "UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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