UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira

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UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Attendance Not announced[1]
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov

UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira (also known as UFC on ESPN 58 and UFC Vegas 93) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 15, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]

Background

This was the 100th event the promotion hosted at the UFC Apex. The UFC started hosting events at the venue in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, originally behind closed doors, before changing their approach to a limited set of tickets per event in July 2021.[2]

A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira headlined the event.[3] Perez was originally expected to face Tagir Ulanbekov[4] However, he was pulled in order to serve as replacement and headline UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez in April.[5] In turn on April 30, it was reported that the fight between Perez and Ulanbekov was back on for this event.[6] After Perez was moved to the headliner spot, the promotion opted to book Ulanbekov against Joshua Van, who was Taira's original opponent at UFC 302.[3] However, the bout was cancelled when Ulanbekov weighed in at 129.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit.[7]

A women's strawweight bout between former LFA Women's Strawweight Champion Julia Polastri and Josefine Lindgren Knutsson took place at the event.[8] They were originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev but the bout was scrapped when Knutsson pulled out due to injury.[9]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and Martin Buday was scheduled for this event.[10] However, the bout was moved to UFC 303 for unknown reasons.[11]

A middleweight bout between André Muniz and Ikram Aliskerov was expected to take place at the event.[12] However, Muniz withdrew due to a foot injury.[13] He was replaced by Antonio Trócoli.[14] In turn, the bout was scrapped during fight week as Aliskerov was pulled in order to serve as a replacement for Khamzat Chimaev against Robert Whittaker a week later at the main event of UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov.[15]

Results

Fight card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Tatsuro Taira def. Alex Perez TKO (knee injury) 2 2:59
Bantamweight Miles Johns def. Douglas Silva de Andrade Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Lucas Almeida def. Timothy Cuamba Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Brady Hiestand def. Garrett Armfield Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 1:52
Flyweight Asu Almabayev def. Jose Johnson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Adam Fugitt def. Josh Quinlan Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Flyweight Nate Maness def. Jimmy Flick Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Women's Flyweight Gabriella Fernandes def. Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Westin Wilson def. Jeka Saragih Submission (triangle armbar) 1 1:49
Featherweight Melquizael Costa def. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke Submission (face crank) 3 1:50
Women's Strawweight Josefine Lindgren Knutsson def. Julia Polastri Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[17]

  • Fight of the Night: Gabriella Fernandes vs. Carli Judice
  • Performance of the Night: Tatsuro Taira and Brady Hiestand

See also

References

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