Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has been pulled from his Yair Rodriguez main event due to injury (details here), forcing the promotion to elevate the lightweight banger between Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises to the UFC Fight Night 31 five-round main event.
Event: UFC Vegas 31: “Makhachev vs. Moises”
Date: Sat., July 17, 2021
Location: APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast: ESPN/ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET | 10 p.m. ET)
UFC Vegas 31 Main Event On ESPN/ESPN+:
155 lbs.: Islam Makhachev vs. Thiago Moises
UFC Vegas 31 Main Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: Marion Reneau vs. Miesha Tate
155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jeremy Stephens
185 lbs.: Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Rodolfo Vieira
145 lbs.: Billy Quarantillo vs. Gabriel Benitez
UFC Vegas 31 Prelims Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET):
170 lbs.: Preston Parsons vs. Daniel Rodriguez
115 lbs.: Amanda Lemos vs. Montserrat Ruiz
135 lbs.: Sergey Morozov vs. Khalid Taha
135 lbs.: Anderson dos Santos vs. Miles Johns
125 lbs.: Francisco Figueredo vs. Malcolm Gordon
265 lbs.: Alan Baudot vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change due to COVID-19.*
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