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UFC Fight Night 216 Cannonier vs Strickland

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Sat 17th December 2022 Local
Sat 17th December 2022 12:00am UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2022

Round
Round 42

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UFC Apex

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Description

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland expected to serve as the main event. The pairing was previously scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo, but it was scrapped after Strickland withdrew due to a finger infection.

A middleweight bout between Bruno Silva and Albert Duraev was scheduled to take place at the event. However, Silva withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Michał Oleksiejczuk. In turn, Duraev was forced to withdrew for undisclosed reason and was replaced by Cody Brundage.

Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez was expected to face Amir Albazi at the event. However, he pulled out due to undisclosed reasons in late October and was replaced by Brandon Royval. In turn, Royval withdrew from the card in late november due to a broken wrist during training and was replaced by Alessandro Costa.

A light heavyweight bout between Tafon Nchukwi and Jamal Pogues was expected to take the event. However, Pogues pull out from the bout due to undisclosed reason and was replaced by Vitor Petrino.

Michael Morales was expected to face Rinat Fakhretdinov in a welterweight bout. However, Morales pulled out due to a fractured toe. He was replaced by The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega middleweight winner Bryan Battle.

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Result List

01	Sean Strickland	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
01	Jared Cannonier	UFC Middleweight	WIN
01	Sean Strickland	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
02	Arman Tsarukyan	UFC Lightweight	WIN
02	Damir Ismagulov	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
03	Amir Albazi	UFC Flyweight	WIN
03	Alessandro Costa	UFC Flyweight	LOSS
04	Alex Caceres	UFC Featherweight	WIN
04	Julian Erosa	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
05	Drew Dober	UFC Lightweight	WIN
05	Bobby Green	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
06	Michal Oleksiejczuk	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
06	Cody Brundage	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
07	Cory McKenna	UFC Strawweight Women	WIN
07	Cheyanne Vlismas	UFC Strawweight Women	LOSS
09	Said Nurmagomedov	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
09	Saidyokub Kakhramonov	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
10	Rafa Garcia	UFC Lightweight	WIN
10	Maheshate	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
11	Rinat Fakhretdinov	UFC Welterweight	WIN
11	Bryan Battle	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
12	Manel Kape	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
12	David Dvorak	UFC Flyweight	LOSS

Result Description

Main card (ESPN+)

Middleweight Jared Cannonier vs. Sean Strickland
Lightweight Arman Tsarukyan vs. Damir Ismagulov
Flyweight Amir Albazi vs. Alessandro Costa
Featherweight Alex Caceres vs. Julian Erosa
Lightweight Drew Dober vs. Bobby Green
Middleweight Michał Oleksiejczuk vs. Cody Brundage

Preliminary card (ESPN+)

Women's Strawweight Cheyanne Vlismas vs. Cory McKenna
Welterweight Jake Matthews vs. Matthew Semelsberger
Middleweight Julian Marquez vs. Deron Winn
Bantamweight Said Nurmagomedov vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov
Lightweight Rafa García vs. Hayisaer Maheshate
Welterweight Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Bryan Battle
Flyweight Manel Kape vs. David Dvořák
Bantamweight Sergey Morozov vs. Journey Newson