UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 14, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
Background
A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion Kamaru Usman (also The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians winner) and former interim champion Colby Covington has been slated to serve as the event headliner.[3]
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between the current champion Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski is expected to take place at the co-main event.[4]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and the inaugural featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is expected to take place at the event.[5] The pairing previously met in November 2013 at UFC: Fight for the Troops 3, with Nunes winning the encounter via TKO in the first round.[6]
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at the event. However, Ponzinibbio pulled out of the fight on October 12 citing a staph infection. Despite having over two months before the event, promotion officials elected to remove Lawler from the card entirely instead of having him face a replacement.[7]
Sergio Pettis was briefly linked to a bout with Kai Kara-France at the event.[8] However, Pettis revealed in early October that he was entertaining offers from other promotions after the completion of his previous contract and did not currently have a fight lined up with the promotion.[9] Kara-France is now expected to face Brandon Moreno.[10]
At the weigh-ins, Jessica Eye failed to make weight, coming in at 131 pounds, five pounds over the Flyweight limit of 126 pounds. She was fined 30% of her fight purse to Viviane Araújo
Background
A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion Kamaru Usman (also The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians winner) and former interim champion Colby Covington has been slated to serve as the event headliner.[3]
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between the current champion Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski is expected to take place at the co-main event.[4]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and the inaugural featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is expected to take place at the event.[5] The pairing previously met in November 2013 at UFC: Fight for the Troops 3, with Nunes winning the encounter via TKO in the first round.[6]
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at the event. However, Ponzinibbio pulled out of the fight on October 12 citing a staph infection. Despite having over two months before the event, promotion officials elected to remove Lawler from the card entirely instead of having him face a replacement.[7]
Sergio Pettis was briefly linked to a bout with Kai Kara-France at the event.[8] However, Pettis revealed in early October that he was entertaining offers from other promotions after the completion of his previous contract and did not currently have a fight lined up with the promotion.[9] Kara-France is now expected to face Brandon Moreno.[10]
At the weigh-ins, Jessica Eye failed to make weight, coming in at 131 pounds, five pounds over the Flyweight limit of 126 pounds. She was fined 30% of her fight purse to Viviane Araújo
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