''UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 205'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 63'' or ''UFC Vegas 52'') was a

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event produced by the

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that took place on April 23, 2022, at the

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facility in

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, part of the

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, United States.

Background

A women's strawweight bout between former

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Jéssica Andrade Jéssica Fernanda da Costa Andrade (born September 25, 1991) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Andrade is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she competes in the women's Flyweight division and is a ...

and

Amanda Lemos Amanda Oliveira de Lemos (born May 22, 1987) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of November 8, 2022, she is #3 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings, and as o ...

headlined the event. A women's flyweight bout between

Montana De La Rosa Montana De La Rosa (née Stewart) (born February 14, 1995) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA). She currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background De La Rosa was born in Helena, Montana ...

and

Maycee Barber Maycee Kaye Barber (born May 18, 1998) is an American mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of November 15, 2022, she is #12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings. ...

was expected to take place at

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, but it was postponed due to De La Rosa getting injured. They met at this event instead. A heavyweight bout between

Tanner Boser Tanner Vilbon Nicholas Boser (born August 2, 1991) is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who is currently signed to the UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight division. He had previously competed for Unified MMA, where he won the ...

and

Rodrigo Nascimento Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira (born November 26, 1992) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Born in Belo Horizonte, Nascimento met his mentor, Everton Rabel ...

was scheduled for the event. However, Nascimento withdrew from the event for unknown reasons and was replaced by Alexander Romanov. In turn, Boser tweeted on April 18 that he was out of the fight due to an injury. He was replaced by

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. Subsequently, Sherman was deemed unable to compete due to a minor health issue on the day of the event and the fight was pushed back a week. A middleweight bout between

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and Roman Kopylov was expected for the event. However, Kopylov withdrew due to medical reasons and was replaced by

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in a catchweight of 190 pounds.

Damir Hadžović Damir Hadžović (born August 8, 1986) is a Bosnian-born Danish mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Hadžović was born to Bosnian Muslim parents in the eastern B ...

was expected to meet

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in a lightweight bout at the event. However, Hadžović pulled out due to alleged

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issues which restricted his travel. Louis Cosce and Preston Parsons were expected to meet in a welterweight bout at the event. However, Cosce announced his withdrawal from the event on April 16 after testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by Evan Elder. A flyweight bout between former Rizin Bantamweight Champion

Manel Kape Manuel Pedro Gomes (born November 14, 1993) better known as Manel Kape, is an Angolan mixed martial artist currently competing as a flyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2012, he has formerly competed fo ...

and

Su Mudaerji Su Mudaerji ( ch: 苏木达尔基 tb: བསོད་ནམས་དར་རྒྱས།, born January 20, 1996), sometimes written as Sumudaerji is a Chinese mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions of the U ...

was expected to take place at the event. However, just two days before the event, Kape withdrew due to personal reasons and the bout was scrapped.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. * Fight of the Night: Sergey Khandozhko vs. Dwight Grant * Performance of the Night: Jéssica Andrade and Claudio Puelles

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References