UFC Fight Night 242
''UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 242'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 100'', and ''UFC Vegas 97'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 7, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. Background A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady (fighter), Sean Brady served as the main event. A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Kyle Nelson (fighter), Kyle Nelson was scheduled for this event. However, Kattar withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Steve Garcia. A bantamweight bout between Aiemann Zahabi and Marcus McGhee was reported for this event. However, the bout was removed from the card for unknown reasons. A featherweight bout between Žygimantas Ramaška and Nathan Fletcher was scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho. Despite ...
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world as of 2011. It produces events worldwide that showcase 12 weight divisions (eight men's and four women's) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held over 600 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting d ...
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