''UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 149'' or '' UFC on ESPN+ 7'') was a

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event produced by the

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held on April 20, 2019 at

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia.

Background

The event marked the promotion's first visit to Saint Petersburg and the second in Russia, after UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik in September 2018. A heavyweight bout between former

Bellator Heavyweight Champion Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. At the time of its inception in 2008, CEO Bjorn Rebney founded ...

Alexander Volkov and the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion

Alistair Overeem Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch professional heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Cha ...

was planned to serve as the event headliner. However, Volkov pulled out of the bout due to health issues and was replaced by Aleksei Oleinik. Emil Weber Meek was briefly connected to a welterweight bout against Sultan Aliev at the event. However, Meek withdrew from the card for an undisclosed reason and was replaced by Keita Nakamura. Promotional newcomer

Roman Dolidze Roman Dolidze (born July 15, 1988) is a Georgian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2016, Dolidze was the former World Warriors Fig ...

was briefly linked to a bout with Gadzhimurad Antigulov at the event. However, he was replaced just days later for undisclosed reasons by Michał Oleksiejczuk. Promotional newcomer Roman Kopylov was scheduled to make his debut against

Krzysztof Jotko Krzysztof Jotko (born August 19, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Born and raised in Orneta, Poland, Jotko was o ...

at the event. However, Kopylov pulled out of the bout on March 22 citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alen Amedovski. Muin Gaurov was scheduled to face

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 ...

at the event. However, it was reported on March 24 that Gaurov is still contracted with

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, thus his contract with UFC was annulled. Evloev instead faced promotional newcomer Seung Woo Choi. Abdul-Kerim Edilov was scheduled to face Devin Clark at the event. However, Edilov was removed from the card for undisclosed reasons on March 25 and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ivan Shtyrkov. In turn, it was reported that the bout was canceled a day before the event after Shtyrkov was hospitalized. Teemu Packalén was scheduled to face

Alexander Yakovlev Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Я́ковлев; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secret ...

at the event. However, Packalén was removed from the card in early April for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alex da Silva Coelho.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan *Performance of the Night: Sergei Pavlovich and Magomed Mustafaev

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References