UFC on ESPN+ 2 Official Poster Released

The official UFC on ESPN+ 2 poster has been released by the Las Vegas-based promotion. And it’s a good one to keep tis new era rolling. For years now, posters have been something that fight fans look forward to seeing. The reason for that is due to it being the first major promotional material sent […]

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The official UFC on ESPN+ 2 poster has been released by the Las Vegas-based promotion. And it’s a good one to keep tis new era rolling.

For years now, posters have been something that fight fans look forward to seeing. The reason for that is due to it being the first major promotional material sent out by the promotion.

Raphael Assunção vs. Marlon Moraes in a bantamweight bout is expected to headline the show. Demian Maia vs. Lyman Good in a welterweight bout will serve as the co-headliner.

UFC on ESPN+ 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 144) is set to take place on Saturday,  February 2, 2019 at Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil. The main card will air on ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on the streaming service at 8 p.m. ET.

The promotion recently unveiled the poster for the show, which you can see here:

Card

The promotion will be announcing more bouts in the coming weeks. Here’s the updated card for the show:

Bantamweight: Raphael Assunção vs. Marlon Moraes
Welterweight: Demian Maia vs. Lyman Good
Featherweight: José Aldo vs. Renato Moicano
Middleweight Markus Perez vs. Anthony Hernandez
Women’s Strawweight: Livia Renata Souza vs. Sarah Frota
Welterweight: Thiago Alves vs. Max Griffin
Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker vs. Justin Ledet
Bantamweight: Ricardo Ramos vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Flyweight: Rogério Bontorin vs. Magomed Bibulatov
Women’s Flyweight: Taila Santos vs. Mara Romero Borella

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José Aldo vs. Renato Moicano Set for UFC Fortaleza

A featherweight clash with massive championship implications will take place at UFC Fortaleza when José Aldo returns to the Octagon to take on #4-ranked Renato Moicano on February 2nd. Sources close to MMA News have confirmed the match is set following…

A featherweight clash with massive championship implications will take place at UFC Fortaleza when José Aldo returns to the Octagon to take on #4-ranked Renato Moicano on February 2nd. Sources close to MMA News have confirmed the match is set following the initial report from MMAjunkie. The winner of this contest may very well be […]

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Jose Aldo’s Return Rumored For UFC on ESPN+ 2

It looks like the UFC is targeting former featherweight champion Jose Aldo’s return for their UFC on ESPN+ 2 card. MMA Junkie is reporting that the promotion is working on a fight between Aldo and top-ranked Renato Moicano for the Brazil event. The show goes down from the Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, […]

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It looks like the UFC is targeting former featherweight champion Jose Aldo’s return for their UFC on ESPN+ 2 card.

MMA Junkie is reporting that the promotion is working on a fight between Aldo and top-ranked Renato Moicano for the Brazil event. The show goes down from the Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil on February 2, 2019. 

Aldo has only lost to two men in his UFC career, those being Max Holloway (twice) and Conor McGregor. Following back-to-back losses to “Blessed,” Aldo bounced back for his first victory since July of 2016 earlier this summer. He defeated Jeremy Stephens via first-round TKO. The Brazilian is winding down in his MMA career after having competed since 2004. He’d like to make one more title run before hanging his gloves up for good.

As for Moicano, he is making a lot of noise in the featherweight division as of late. Following his first career loss to Brian Ortega in July of last year, Moicano has picked up back-to-back wins. He recently submitted longtime UFC veteran Cub Swanson in August in the first round. Now, he’ll likely be sharing the cage with his fellow countryman in Aldo, who will undoubtedly be the toughest test of his career.

Recently, Moicano was booked to be the backup for this past weekend’s featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega. However, Moicano missed weight the day before fight night. Thankfully, both Ortega and Holloway were fit to compete and Moicano’s services were not needed. Hopefully he can solve whatever weight cutting issues he had for his bout against Aldo.

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