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UFC Vegas 72: Song vs. Simón is staying in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday (April 29th), for the second consecutive week with an earlier than usual start time. The event’s featured matchup involves top-10 bantamweights Yadong Song and Ricky Simón. The #8 rated Song and the #10 rated Simón were supposed to go at it in last week’s co-main event, but their bout was moved to this week after this weekend’s original main event, Renato Moicano vs. Arman Tsarukyan, fell through following a Moicano injury.
The co-main event for UFC Vegas 72 will be a potentially explosive middleweight matchup between Caio Borralho and Michał Oleksiejczuk. Borralho has won all-three of his UFC fights, and Oleksiejczuk has found success in both of his bouts down at 185-pounds. The winner of this one just might be making a push towards the rankings. The prelims lost a bantamweight bout between Brian Kelleher and Journey Newson, after the UFC pulling Kelleher for unspecified reasons. Stepping in for Brian will be the explosive Marcus McGhee, who will be making his promotional debut against Newson at 140-pounds.
The entire event goes down at the UFC Apex facility.
UFC Vegas 72 full fight card
Main card (7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
- Yadong Song vs. Ricky Simón: Bantamweight
- Caio Borralho vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk: Middleweight
- Cody Brundage vs. Rodolfo Vieira: Middleweight
- Julian Erosa vs. Fernando Padilla: Featherweight
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima: Heavyweight
Prelims (4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+)
- Martin Buday vs. Jake Collier: Heavyweight
- Natan Levy vs. Pete Rodriguez: Lightweight
- Cody Durden vs. Charles Johnson: Flyweight
- Josh Quinlan vs. Trey Waters: Welterweight
- Stephanie Egger vs. Irina Alekseeva: (W) Bantamweight
- Journey Newson vs. Marcus McGhee: 140-pounds
- Hailey Cowan vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth: (W) Bantamweight
How can I watch UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simón?
For full streaming details, and compatible devices go here.
What comes after UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simón?
The next event after UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simón is UFC 288, which takes place from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. That card will be headlined by a bantamweight title tilt between the champion, Aljamain Sterling, and ‘Triple C’ himself, Henry Cejudo. The co-main event will be a top-ranked welterweight contest between the #4 ranked, Belal Muhammad, and the #5 ranked, Gilbert Burns.
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