''UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang'' (also known as'' UFC Fight Night 157'' or ''UFC on ESPN+ 15'') was a

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event produced by the

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that took place on August 31, 2019 at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre Arena in

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

, China.

Background

The event marked the promotion's first visit to Shenzhen. A

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bout between former champion

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

Zhang Weili Zhang Weili (; born August 13, 1989) is a Chinese mixed martial artist. She is the former Kunlun Fight (KLF) strawweight champion and competes in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current ...

served as the event's headliner. A flyweight bout between

Luana Carolina Luana Carolina Carvalho de Souza (born June 11, 1993) is a female Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Starting her career in 2015, Ca ...

and Wu Yanan had been rescheduled and was expected to take place at the event. The pairing was first scheduled to take place at

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. However, Yanan pulled out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by

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. In turn, Carolina suffered a fractured spine and was forced to pull out of the event. She was replaced by

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. At the weigh-ins, Yanan weighed in at 129 pounds, 3 pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126. As a result, she was fined 30 percent of her purse and the bout proceeded at a catchweight. A welterweight bout between

Li Jingliang Li Jingliang (Chinese: 李景亮; pinyin: Lǐ Jǐngliàng; born March 20, 1988) is a Chinese mixed martial artist who competes as a welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of December 13, 2022, he is #15 in the UFC welterweight ...

and

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was initially scheduled to take place in November 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2. However, Santos pulled out of the contest due to a knee injury and was replaced by

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. The pairing was rescheduled for this event. A light heavyweight bout between

Saparbek Safarov Saparbek Dibirovich Safarov (russian: Сапарбек Сафаров; born 14 October 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who competes in the light heavyweight division. He competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial art ...

and

Da Un Jung Jung Da-un (born 7 December 1993), anglicized as Da Un Jung, is a South Korean mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2015, he has also formerly ...

was scheduled for the event. However, on August 5, it was announced that Safarov withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons and he was replaced by Jamahal Hill. In turn, Hill was forced to withdraw from the card due to visa issues. Jung instead faced

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. A featherweight bout between

Movsar Evloev Movsar Evloev (born February 11, 1994) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who is currently competing in the featherweight division of the UFC. A professional since 2014, he has also competed at M-1 Global, where he is the former bantamweight ch ...

and

Mike Grundy Michael Grundy (born 1 March 1987) is an English professional mixed martial artist and retired freestyle wrestler who also competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). During his wrestling career, Grundy ...

was scheduled for the event. However, on August 19, it was reported that Grundy was forced to pull out of the event citing injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Lu Zhenhong. The pairing met previously in 2015 under

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with Evloev winning a decision. Subsequently, the bout was scrapped from the event as Lu suffered a cut during a sparring session after the weigh-ins and was ruled out of the fight by medical personnel.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Alateng Heili vs. Danaa Batgerel *Performance of the Night: Zhang Weili and Li Jingliang

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References