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UFC Fight Night on January 11 Adds Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov and a Lightweight Banger

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger. On Tuesday, the promotion announced…

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11

The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger.

On Tuesday, the promotion announced two fights for the company’s first event of 2025, one of them being a middleweight showdown between Chris ‘Action Man’ Curtis and Roman Kopylov.

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Alternating wins and losses in his last five fights, Curtis will look to climb back into the win column after coming up short against Brendan Allen via split decision in April. Before that, Curtis came out on the right side of another split decision against Marc-André Barriault at the beginning of 2024.

Overall, Curtis is 5-3 under the UFC banner with one no contest.

Standing in Curtis’ way of a 32nd career victory will Kopylov — a Russian standout who despite his lackluster 5-3 record, has looked very impressive inside the Octagon over the last couple of years.

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Kopylov kickstarted his UFC run with back-to-back losses against Karl Roberson and Albert Duraev before winning five of his last six fights, all but one of them coming by way of knockout.

Overall, Kopylov is 13-3 in his mixed martial arts career and will be looking to make it two in a row after landing a split decision W against César Almeida at UFC 302.

UFC Vegas 101 also gets a lightweight banger between two highly-touted prospects

Also added to UFC Vegas 101 is a lightweight scrap between undefeated standout Nurullo Aliev and Israel’s Yanal Ashmouz.

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After fighting his way into the UFC with a first-round knockout of Josh Wick on Dana White’s Contender Series, Aliev landed his first official win inside the Octagon with a majority decision victory over Rafael Alves in February 2023. ‘Talk Eagle’ goes into his sophomore appearance with a spotless 9-0 record.

Ashmouz introduced himself to UFC fans in March 2023 with a 75-second knockout win against Sam Patterson. Since then, he’s logged a decision loss to Chris Duncan followed by a return to the win column, defeating Trevor Peek in September.

The official card for UFC Vegas 101 is as follows:

Main Card

  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Cesar Almeida vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
  • Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
  • Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria
  • Thiago Moises vs. Trey Ogden
  • Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes

Prelims

  • Christian Rodriguez vs. Austin Bashi
  • Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris
  • Punahele Soriano vs. Uros Medic
  • Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes
  • Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz
  • Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Nicolle Caliari
  • Preston Parsons vs. Andreas Gustafsson
  • Fatima Kline vs. Victoria Dudakova

Card subject to change.

UFC Fight Night on January 11 Adds Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov and a Lightweight Banger

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger. On Tuesday, the promotion announced…

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11

The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger.

On Tuesday, the promotion announced two fights for the company’s first event of 2025, one of them being a middleweight showdown between Chris ‘Action Man’ Curtis and Roman Kopylov.

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Alternating wins and losses in his last five fights, Curtis will look to climb back into the win column after coming up short against Brendan Allen via split decision in April. Before that, Curtis came out on the right side of another split decision against Marc-André Barriault at the beginning of 2024.

Overall, Curtis is 5-3 under the UFC banner with one no contest.

Standing in Curtis’ way of a 32nd career victory will Kopylov — a Russian standout who despite his lackluster 5-3 record, has looked very impressive inside the Octagon over the last couple of years.

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Kopylov kickstarted his UFC run with back-to-back losses against Karl Roberson and Albert Duraev before winning five of his last six fights, all but one of them coming by way of knockout.

Overall, Kopylov is 13-3 in his mixed martial arts career and will be looking to make it two in a row after landing a split decision W against César Almeida at UFC 302.

UFC Vegas 101 also gets a lightweight banger between two highly-touted prospects

Also added to UFC Vegas 101 is a lightweight scrap between undefeated standout Nurullo Aliev and Israel’s Yanal Ashmouz.

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After fighting his way into the UFC with a first-round knockout of Josh Wick on Dana White’s Contender Series, Aliev landed his first official win inside the Octagon with a majority decision victory over Rafael Alves in February 2023. ‘Talk Eagle’ goes into his sophomore appearance with a spotless 9-0 record.

Ashmouz introduced himself to UFC fans in March 2023 with a 75-second knockout win against Sam Patterson. Since then, he’s logged a decision loss to Chris Duncan followed by a return to the win column, defeating Trevor Peek in September.

The official card for UFC Vegas 101 is as follows:

Main Card

  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Cesar Almeida vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
  • Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
  • Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria
  • Thiago Moises vs. Trey Ogden
  • Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes

Prelims

  • Christian Rodriguez vs. Austin Bashi
  • Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris
  • Punahele Soriano vs. Uros Medic
  • Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes
  • Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz
  • Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Nicolle Caliari
  • Preston Parsons vs. Andreas Gustafsson
  • Fatima Kline vs. Victoria Dudakova

Card subject to change.

UFC Fight Night on January 11 Adds Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov and a Lightweight Banger

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger. On Tuesday, the promotion announced…

Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov, One Other Bout Added to UFC Fight Night on January 11

The UFC’s return to The APEX on January 11 just got a little bigger.

On Tuesday, the promotion announced two fights for the company’s first event of 2025, one of them being a middleweight showdown between Chris ‘Action Man’ Curtis and Roman Kopylov.

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Alternating wins and losses in his last five fights, Curtis will look to climb back into the win column after coming up short against Brendan Allen via split decision in April. Before that, Curtis came out on the right side of another split decision against Marc-André Barriault at the beginning of 2024.

Overall, Curtis is 5-3 under the UFC banner with one no contest.

Standing in Curtis’ way of a 32nd career victory will Kopylov — a Russian standout who despite his lackluster 5-3 record, has looked very impressive inside the Octagon over the last couple of years.

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Kopylov kickstarted his UFC run with back-to-back losses against Karl Roberson and Albert Duraev before winning five of his last six fights, all but one of them coming by way of knockout.

Overall, Kopylov is 13-3 in his mixed martial arts career and will be looking to make it two in a row after landing a split decision W against César Almeida at UFC 302.

UFC Vegas 101 also gets a lightweight banger between two highly-touted prospects

Also added to UFC Vegas 101 is a lightweight scrap between undefeated standout Nurullo Aliev and Israel’s Yanal Ashmouz.

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After fighting his way into the UFC with a first-round knockout of Josh Wick on Dana White’s Contender Series, Aliev landed his first official win inside the Octagon with a majority decision victory over Rafael Alves in February 2023. ‘Talk Eagle’ goes into his sophomore appearance with a spotless 9-0 record.

Ashmouz introduced himself to UFC fans in March 2023 with a 75-second knockout win against Sam Patterson. Since then, he’s logged a decision loss to Chris Duncan followed by a return to the win column, defeating Trevor Peek in September.

The official card for UFC Vegas 101 is as follows:

Main Card

  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
  • Cesar Almeida vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
  • Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
  • Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria
  • Thiago Moises vs. Trey Ogden
  • Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes

Prelims

  • Christian Rodriguez vs. Austin Bashi
  • Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris
  • Punahele Soriano vs. Uros Medic
  • Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes
  • Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz
  • Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Nicolle Caliari
  • Preston Parsons vs. Andreas Gustafsson
  • Fatima Kline vs. Victoria Dudakova

Card subject to change.

UFC’s 2025 Plans For Mexico Reported, Including Noche UFC In Guadalajara

The UFC appears to be returning to Mexico City early next year as the first quarter of 2025 continues to take shape. A recent report from Claro Sports’ Alfredo Bush detailed the promotion’s plans for a Fight Night event on March 29 which could be followed up later in the year with a much bigger […]

The UFC appears to be returning to Mexico City early next year as the first quarter of 2025 continues to take shape. A recent report from Claro Sports’ Alfredo Bush detailed the promotion’s plans for a Fight Night event on March 29 which could be followed up later in the year with a much bigger show.

Early next year, Mexico is set to have it’s second-largest arena be completed with a new 20,000 capacity venue for live events. Arena Guadalajara unfortunately won’t be available to the UFC in the early part of 2025 hence why Mexico City is the planned destination for March.

Bush reports that offers have already been received for that particular date which would likely see the promotion return to Arena CDMX which previously hosted the Fight Night event that was headlined by the rematch between Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval this past February.

The recent news stated that Arena Guadalajara will instead be the target for the third annual instalment of Noche UFC in September which has previously been hosted at the T-Mobile Arena and Sphere, both in Las Vegas. This new arena presents a lot of exciting options for the UFC with a hungry fanbase waiting for the Octagon to arrive in the home of the former flyweight champion, Alexa Grasso.

Guadalajara also makes logistical sense due to the elevation not being quite so steep as it is in Mexico City though it still would be a factor in any event that takes place there.
Rodrigo Del Campo González posted the key details of the UFC’s plans for Mexico on X where he pointed out that this would be the second time that the promotion has hosted two events in Mexico in the same year.

The last time around, in 2015, Cain Velasquez defended his heavyweight title against Fabricio Werdum at UFC 188 whilst later on in the year, Neil Magny and Kelvin Gastelum headlined a Fight Night event in Monterrey which failed to become a regular destination for the promotion for a variety of reasons.

Co-Main Event Canceled Days Out From UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2

Following this past weekend’s event in Abu Dhabi, the Octagon is set to return to the UFC Apex this Saturday for another Fight Night event. Top ten heavyweights are set to meet in the main event as Serghei Spivac and Marcin Tybura run it back, following their first encounter over four years ago. However, it […]

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Following this past weekend’s event in Abu Dhabi, the Octagon is set to return to the UFC Apex this Saturday for another Fight Night event.

Top ten heavyweights are set to meet in the main event as Serghei Spivac and Marcin Tybura run it back, following their first encounter over four years ago.

However, it was another fight on the card that many were singling out as the one to watch on August 10 in Las Vegas.

Co-main event billing was set to go to a bantamweight clash between Chris Gutierrez and Javid Basharat, a match-up that certainly stuck out on paper.

Both were looking to bounce back from losses in their last outings to try and push themselves towards the top 15 at 135 pounds.

Unfortunately, as reported by Alex Behunin, the fight is now off and the reaction from the fans on social media certainly points towards this being the bout that people were tuning in for.

“Well that’s decided then, I shall not be watching the fights”

“Well there goes that card”

“Bro come on that was the only good fight on the card”

At this current time, it hasn’t been reported why the fight has been cancelled and what amendments will be made to the card as a result.

Read also: VIDEO: UFC Champ Sean O’Malley Reacts To ‘Close Fight’ Between Umar Nurmagomedov & Cory Sandhagen

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UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade Fight Card, How to Watch

UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade could determine the next possible strawweight title contender. The card will feature a main event between Amanda Lemos and Jéssica Andrade, as Andrade makes her return to Strawweight. The former Strawweight Champion left the division after her split decision loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 251 on Jul. 11,…

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UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade could determine the next possible strawweight title contender.

The card will feature a main event between Amanda Lemos and Jéssica Andrade, as Andrade makes her return to Strawweight. The former Strawweight Champion left the division after her split decision loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 251 on Jul. 11, 2020. Lemos is ranked tenth in the division and fights Andrade on a five-fight winning streak.

Check back at MMA News this weekend for our coverage of UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade.

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UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs Andrade Fight Card

Main Card:

  • #10 Amanda Lemos(11-1-1) vs. Jéssica Andrade(22-9)- Women’s Strawweight Main Event
  • Tanner Boser(20-8-1) vs. Alexander Romanov(15-0)- Heavyweight Co-Main Event
  • Clay Guida(37-21) vs. Claudio Puelles(11-2)- Lightweight
  • Lando Vannata(12-5-2) vs. Charles Jourdain(12-4-1)- Featherweight
  • #14 Maycee Barber(9-2) vs. Montana De La Rosa(12-6-1)- Women’s Flyweight
  • #12 Sumudaerji(15-4) vs. #14 Manel Kape(17-6)- Flyweight

Prelims:

  • Louis Cosce(7-1) vs. Preston Parsons(9-3)- Welterweight
  • Jordan Wright(12-2) vs. Marc-Andre Barruault(13-5)- Catchweight
  • Dwight Grant(11-4) vs. Sergey Khandozhko(27-6-1)- Welterweight
  • Tyson Pedro(7-3) vs. Issac Villanueva(18-13)- Light Heavyweight
  • Aoriqileng(20-11) vs. Cameron Else(10-5)- Bantamweight
  • Marcin Prachnio(15-5) vs. Philipe Lins(14-5)- Light Heavyweight
  • Dean Barry(4-1) vs. Mike Jackson(0-1)- Welterweight
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When is UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade

The event takes place on Saturday, Apr. 23, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The main card is expected to begin at 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST. The prelims will take place three hours before. While the UFC has advertised the time, it could still change.

How to Watch

UFC Vegas 52: Lemos vs. Andrade Prelims and Main Card will stream live on ESPN+ in the United States.

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