UFC Fight Night 179

UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 3, 2020 at a TBD location.[1][2][3]

UFC Fight Night 179
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)
VenueTBD
CityTBD
Event chronology
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Background

While not officially announced by the organization, a women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Irene Aldana has been targeted for the event and is expected to serve as the event headliner.[4] The pairing was originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan. However, it was reported on July 22 that Aldana pulled out of the fight due to testing positive for COVID-19.[5] Holm was also removed from the card as well, with the pairing left intact and ultimately rescheduled for this event.[6]

Ben Sosoli was briefly linked to a bout with Yorgan de Castro. However, Sosoli pulled out of the fight in late July citing an eye surgery and was replaced by Carlos Felipe.[7]

Fight card

Announced bouts

See also

References
  1. Tees, David (2020-07-22). "Yorgan De Castro faces Ben Sosoli on October 3 UFC card". fightful.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. Anderson, Jay (2020-07-22). "Loma Lookboonmee and Jinh Yu Frey meet in battle of Invicta vets on October 3". fightful.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  3. Tees, David (2020-07-26). "Germaine De Randamie faces Julianna Pena at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana". fightful.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  4. David Tees (2020-07-22). "Irene Aldana tests positive for coronavirus, bout with Holly Holm reportedly rescheduled for October". fightful.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  5. Steven Marrocco (2020-07-22). "Irene Aldana: COVID-19 positive scratched fight with Holly Holm at Aug. 1 UFC event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. Danny Segura (2020-07-22). "Brunson vs. Shahbazyan promoted to UFC on ESPN+ 31 headliner after Holm vs. Aldana postponed". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  7. Raphael Marinho and Zeca Azevedo (2020-07-30). "UFC confirms fight between Carlos Boi and Yorgan de Castro for event in October". sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 2020-07-30.(in Portuguese)
  8. DNA, MMA (2020-08-02). "Andrei Arlovski treft Tanner Boser tijdens UFC evenement op 3 oktober". MMA DNA. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  9. "Beneil Dariush meets fellow streaking lightweight Charles Oliveira on UFC's Oct. 3 card". MMA Junkie. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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