Ī women's bantamweight bout between Sara McMann and Ketlen Vieira was expected to take place at UFC 214, but on July 7 it was announced that the bout was moved to this event. Due to the cancelation of the Johnson-Borg bout, this fight acted as the new main event. However, the bout was canceled just hours before the event started as Nunes pulled out, citing an illness despite being medically cleared to fight. The pairing was initially expected to meet again at UFC 213. The pairing met previously in March 2016 at UFC 196, with Nunes winning by unanimous decision. Ī UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Amanda Nunes and multiple-time muay thai world champion Valentina Shevchenko took place at this event. The fight was later rescheduled for UFC 216 the following month. His illness was unrelated to his weight cut, sources say. According to multiple sources, Borg was battling an illness and was deemed unfit to fight by UFC doctors. In turn, the fight was canceled a day before the event, as Borg was forced to withdraw from the fight on Thursday evening due to illness. If successful in his title defense, Johnson would have become the UFC fighter with most title defenses of all time, with a total of eleven. Ī UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg was expected to serve as the event headliner. Zuffa hosted a World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 49, at Rexall Place in Edmonton in June 2010. While the UFC has hosted many events across Canada, the event was the first held in Edmonton (second in Alberta, after UFC 149 in 2012). Therefore, an originally scheduled UFC 216 to be held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 9 was renamed as UFC 215. However, those plans were nixed on June 26, though an exact reason wasn’t given. The promotion was initially planning a PPV event for August 19 at a venue to be in announced in the United States (presumably Seattle), possibly with UFC Flyweight Champion and Seattle-area resident Demetrious Johnson.

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