After an insane week of fight news, here’s the finalized bout order and full fight card for the Saturday, July 9th UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
At least, it’s time for UFC 200. This is not the card we expected to get at the start of the week, but it’s the one we’re getting tonight. There is no Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey, or Jon Jones, but it is still a deep event from top to bottom. Miesha Tate’s UFC women’s bantamweight title defense against Amanda Nunes serves as the headliner. Brock Lesnar’s unexpected return to the cage serves as the co-main event, as he fights the heavy-handed Mark Hunt. With Jon Jones’ drug test failure, Daniel Cormier will fight Anderson Silva in a non-title light heavyweight bout, so Cormier won’t be putting his UFC belt on the line. Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar will lock horns again, this time for the interim featherweight belt, while former heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez opens the card against Travis Browne.
Here’s the fight card and bout order for tonight’s event.
Main Card (PPV, 10 PM ET)
Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes – UFC women’s bantamweight championship
Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt
Daniel Cormier vs. Anderson Silva (Non-title fight)
Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar – UFC interim weatherweight championship
Travis Browne vs. Cain Velasquez
Preliminary Card (FS1, 8 PM ET)
Julianna Pena vs. Cat Zingano
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Johny Hendricks
T.J. Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assuncao
Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marin
Preliminary Card (Fight Pass, 6:30 PM ET)
Joe Lauzon vs. Diego Sanchez
Thiago Santos vs. Gegard Mousasi
Takanori Gomi vs. Jim Miller