UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Moicano
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Moicano (also known as UFC Fight Night 223 and UFC on ESPN+ 81) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 29, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1][2][3]
| UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Moicano | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 29, 2023 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano is expected to headline the event.[4]
A middleweight bout between Cody Brundage and Rodolfo Vieira is expected to take place at the event.[5] They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba but Vieira pulled out from the event due to undisclosed reasons.[6]
A heavyweight bout between Jake Collier and Martin Buday was originally expected to take place two weeks prior at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen but was moved to this event for unknown reasons.[7]
Fight card
| Main Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Arman Tsarukyan | vs. | Renato Moicano | ||||
| Middleweight | Caio Borralho | vs. | Michał Oleksiejczuk | ||||
| Middleweight | Rodolfo Vieira | vs. | Cody Brundage | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Emily Ducote | vs. | Polyana Viana | ||||
| Heavyweight | Marcos Rogério de Lima | vs. | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | ||||
| Welterweight | Joshua Quinlan | vs. | Ange Loosa | ||||
| Preliminary Card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Martin Buday | vs. | Jake Collier | ||||
| Featherweight | Julian Erosa | vs. | Fernando Padilla | ||||
| Lightweight | Natan Levy | vs. | Pete Rodriguez | ||||
| Flyweight | Cody Durden | vs. | Charles Johnson | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Stephanie Egger | vs. | Irina Alekseeva | ||||
| Bantamweight | Brian Kelleher | vs. | Journey Newson | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Hailey Cowan | vs. | Jamey-Lyn Horth | ||||
References
- ATSteveDuncan (2023-01-24). "Pete Rodriguez baja a los pesos ligeros, enfrenta a Natan Levy a UFC Fight Night del 29 de abril". MMA.uno , #1 En noticias de Artes Marciales Mixtas (MMA) en Español. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- Ahmed, Rahil. "Breaking: Natan Levy set to fight Pete Rodriguez at UFC event on April 29". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- Arshad (2023-01-24). "Peter Rodriguez vs Natan Levy Scheduled for April 29 UFC Event". www.itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- Marina Magomedova (2023-03-15). "Tsarukyan vs. Moicano fight to headline UFC Fight Night 223 in April". telecomasia.net. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ATSteveDuncan (2023-02-21). "Cody Brundage vs. Rodolfo Vieira reprogramado para UFC Fight Night del 29 de abril". MMA.uno , #1 En noticias de Artes Marciales Mixtas (MMA) en Español. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- Vipin Raghuwanshi (2022-11-15). "Rodolfo Vieira pulls out of UFC Vegas 65, Cody Brundage fight off". itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- Joshua Ryan (2023-02-15). "Breaking: Scheduled UFC heavyweight clash gets two-week delay". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- "UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Moicano". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
