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Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all the fights booked in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions. The world’s largest MMA promotion either announced or finalized 21 fights this week, and one of the first pay-per-view events of the summer schedule has undergone a major change as Amanda Nunes has a new opponent for her next defense.
Reigning UFC bantamweight champion Nunes was scheduled to complete a trilogy with Julianna Peña at the upcoming pay-per-view event scheduled for June 10 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. That was until the ‘Venezuelan Vixen’ was forced to withdraw due to a rib injury, leaving the ‘Lioness’ without an opponent.
Dana White & Co. sought a replacement and opted to remove Irene Aldana from her newly scheduled fight against Raquel Pennington for the opportunity. In her past two appearances, the Mexican fighter has finished Yana Kunitskaya and Macy Chiasson at UFC 264 and UFC 279, respectively.
Announced UFC fights:
UFC Vegas 73 — June 3
- Karine Silva vs. Ketlen Souza — women’s flyweight
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Don’Tale Mayes — heavyweight
- Jamie Mullarkey vs. Guram Kutateladze — lightweight
- Emily Ducote vs. Loopy Godinez — catchweight (120 lbs.) (First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland)
UFC 289 — June 10
- Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana — women’s bantamweight
UFC Vegas 75: Vettori vs. Cannonier — June 17
- Ronnie Lawrence vs. Dan Argueta — bantamweight (First rep. by Alex Behunin of MMA Mania)
- Josh Fremd vs. Roman Kopylov — middleweight (First rep. by Meni Mayer of MMA Ideas)
UFC Vegas 76: Strickland vs. Magomedov — July 1
- Luana Carolina vs. Ivana Petrović — women’s flyweight (First rep. by Diego Ribas of Ag. Fight)
- Jordan Leavitt vs. Elves Brenner — lightweight (First rep. by Alex Behunin of MMA Mania)
UFC 290 — July 8
- Christian Rodriguez vs. Cameron Saaiman — bantamweight (First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland)
UFC Jacksonville: Emmett vs. Topuria — June 24
- Brendan Allen vs. Bruno Silva — middleweight (First rep. by Alex Behunin of MMA Mania)
- David Onama vs. Gabriel Santos — featherweight (First rep. by Laerte Viana of Super Lutas)
- Neil Magny vs. Phil Rowe — welterweight (First rep. by Nolan King and Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie)
- Gregory Rodrigues vs. Denis Tiuliulin — middleweight (First rep. by Laerte Viana of Super Lutas)
- Justin Tafa vs. Austen Lane — heavyweight
- Randy Brown vs. Wellington Turman — welterweight (First rep. by MMA Hoje podcast)
- Trevor Peek vs. Victor Martinez — lightweight (First rep. by Logan Offord of MMA Orbit)
UFC Fight Night — July 15
- Carl Deaton III vs. Alexander Munoz — lightweight (First rep. by Meni Mayer of MMA Ideas)
UFC London — July 22
- Marc Diakiese vs. Joel Álvarez — lightweight (First rep. by Álvaro Colmenero of Eurosport España)
- Chris Duncan vs. Yanal Ashmouz — lightweight (First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie)
- Danny Roberts vs. Jonny Parsons — welterweight (First rep. by Alex Behunin of MMA Mania)
Announced Bellator fights:
Bellator Paris — May 12
- Yves Landu vs. Piotr Niedzielski — featherweight
Bellator 297 — June 16
- Kyle Crutchmer vs. Bobby Nash — welterweight
- Austin Vanderford vs. Imamshafi Aliev — middleweight
- Jordan Newman vs. Matthew Perry — middleweight
- Mike Hamel vs. Shamil Nikaev — lightweight
- Cody Law vs. Edwin Chavez — featherweight
- David McKinney vs. Max Metzgar — lightweight
- Leandro Higo vs. Nikita Mikhailov — bantamweight
- Wladmir Gouvea vs. Kevin Childs — heavyweight
Announced Cage Warriors fights:
Cage Warriors 155 — June 2
- Damon Wilson vs. John De Jesus — featherweight
Cage Warriors 158 — July 29
- Shajidul Haque vs. Michele Martignoni — flyweight
Announced KSW fights:
KSW 82 — May 13
- Robert Maciejowski vs. Wiktor Zalewski — welterweight
KSW 83 — June 3
- Marian Ziolkowski vs. Salahdine Parnasse — lightweight
- Paweł Pawlak vs. Tomasz Romanowski — middleweight