UFC returns to UFC APEX in Las Vegas this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs.Rodriguez with a thrilling style-versus-style battle between top featherweight contenders that has championship implications on the line when No. 2 ranked Brian Ortega takes on No. 3 Yair Rodriguez.
In the co-main event, ranked women’s strawweight action sees No. 10 Thai-American Michelle Waterson match up with No. 11 Amanda Lemos.
Welterweight strikers No. 14 ranked Li Jingliang (18-7, fighting out of Beijing, China) and Muslim Salikhov (18-2, fighting out of Dagestan, Russia) collide
No. 8 ranked flyweight Matt Schnell (15-6, 1 NC, fighting out of Shreveport, La.) returns to action against No. 12 Sumudaerji (16-4, fighting out of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
No. 14 ranked featherweight Shane Burgos (14-3, fighting out of Monroe, N.Y.) takes on Dana White’s Contender Series alum Charles Jourdain (13-4, fighting out of Beloeil, Quebec, Canada)
No. 3 ranked women’s flyweight Lauren Murphy (15-5, fighting out of Houston, Texas) intends to steal the show against former bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (19-8, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.)
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A thrilling middleweight bout sees Punahele Soriano (8-2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.) take on Dalcha Lungiambula (11-4, fighting out of Cape Town, South Africa)
Top 15 bantamweights lock horns as No. 13 ranked Ricky Simon (19-3, fighting out of Vancouver, Wash.) faces undefeated No. 14 Jack Shore (16-0, fighting out of Abertillery, Wales, UK)
Bill Algeo (15-6, fighting out of King of Prussia, Penn.) and Herbert Burns (11-3, fighting out of Lantana, Fla. by way of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) meet in an exciting featherweight bout
No. 15 ranked light heavyweight Dustin Jacoby (17-5-1, fighting out of Springfield, Ill.) has his sights set on defending his spot in the rankings against Da-un Jung (15-2-1, fighting out of Seoul, South Korea)
Dwight Grant (11-5, fighting out of San Diego, Calif.) makes his UFC middleweight debut against Dustin Stoltzfus (13-4, fighting out of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)
No. 14 ranked women’s strawweight Jessica Penne (14-6, fighting out of Huntington Beach, Calif.) takes on Emily Ducote (17-11, fighting out of Oklahoma City, Okla.) in her UFC debut
You can see the complete fight card for the event below.
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez Fight Night
Preliminary card
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This weekend's UFC will take place at the UBS Arena in New York, USA. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ORTEGA vs RODRIGUEZ will air live in Asia on Sunday, July 17. As this event will be aired on ABC in the US, the prelims begin at 11 pm (Hong Kong) and the main card starts at 2 am.
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Watch UFC Fight Night – Ortega Vs Rodriguez – LIVE on SONY TEN 1 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) & SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels at 11:30 pm IST on 16th July 2022
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