UFC On ESPN 58
''UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 58'' and ''UFC Vegas 93'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 15, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. Background This was the 100th event the promotion hosted at the UFC Apex. The UFC started hosting events at the venue in UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns, May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, originally Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors, before changing their approach to a limited set of tickets per event in UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw, July 2021. A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez (fighter), Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira headlined the event. Perez was originally expected to face Tagir Ulanbekov However, he was pulled in order to serve as replacement and headline UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez ...
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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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