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event produced by the

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that took place on July 1, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the

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, United States.

Background

A middleweight bout between

Sean Strickland Sean Thomas Strickland (born February 27, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, he is the former King of ...

and Abusupiyan Magomedov headlined the event. A middleweight bout between Abdul Razak Alhassan and Brunno Ferreira was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill but was moved to this event for unknown reasons. In turn, Alhassan pulled out in late June and was replaced by promotional newcomer Nursulton Ruziboev.

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and

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were scheduled to meet in a lightweight bout. However, Pichel pulled out in late-May due to injury and was replaced by Ismael Bonfim. A flyweight bout between Clayton Carpenter and Stephen Erceg was expected to take place at this event, but it was scrapped after Carpenter pulled out due to an undisclosed injury. They were previously scheduled to meet at the sixth season of Dana White's Contender Series in 2022 and UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill in May 2023, but Erceg pulled out both times due to

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issues. Erceg was rescheduled against

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at UFC 289. The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters women's featherweight winner

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was expected to face former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion and

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challenger Yana Santos in a bantamweight bout at the preliminary card. However, Chiasson pulled out two weeks after the fight announcement and was replaced by

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in a featherweight bout. A featherweight bout between Joanderson Brito and Khusein Askhabov was expected to take place at the event. However, Askhabov withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Westin Wilson.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Elves Brenner vs. Guram Kutateladze *Performance of the Night: Sean Strickland and Nursulton Ruziboev

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References