UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 15, 2016 (cancelled)
VenueMall of Asia Arena
CityPasay, Philippines
Event chronology
UFC 204: Bisping vs Henderson 2 UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson

UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn (also known as UFC Fight Night 97) was a planned mixed martial arts event that was set to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 15, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.[1][2]

Background

The event in Pasay was supposed to be the second that the organization hosted in the Philippines, with the first being UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber on May 16, 2015.[1] The entire event was supposed to stream live on UFC Fight Pass.[1]

A featherweight bout between former title challenger Ricardo Lamas and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn was expected to serve as the main event.[3] However, on October 4, Penn pulled out of the fight citing an injury.[4] In turn, the promotion announced on October 6 that they had cancelled the event entirely.[5][6]

The remaining fighters on the card were all awarded their contracted show money despite not competing. All of the fighters on the card were rebooked for future events. This was the third time, following UFC 151 in September 2012, and UFC 176 in August 2014 that the promotion elected to cancel an event because of a lack of a high-profile fight to fill a main event spot.[5]

A lightweight bout between Damir Hadžović and Yusuke Kasuya, initially scheduled for UFC 203, was postponed after Hadžović experienced an issue with his travel visa. The pairing was rescheduled and was expected to take place at this event.[7]

Mehdi Baghdad was expected to face Jon Tuck at the event. However, Baghdad pulled out of the fight in mid-September citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alexander Volkanovski.[8]

Cancelled fight card

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. B.J. Penn [a]
Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura [b]
Flyweight Jenel Lausa vs. Yao Zhikui [c]
Featherweight Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota [d]
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson [e]
Lightweight Jon Tuck vs. Alexander Volkanovski [f]
Middleweight Yang Dongi vs. Ryan Janes [g]
Women's Strawweight Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor [h]
Welterweight James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono [i]
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ali Bagautinov [j]
Lightweight Damir Hadžović vs. Yusuke Kasuya [k]
  1. ^ Lamas booked against Charles Oliveira. Moved to The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson;[9] Penn booked against Yair Rodríguez. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn.[10]
  2. ^ Lewis booked against Shamil Abdurakhimov. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov[11]
  3. ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson[12]
  4. ^ Moved to UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson[13]
  5. ^ Moved to The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson.[14]
  6. ^ Tuck booked against Damien Brown; Volkanovski booked against Kasuya. Both moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson[15]
  7. ^ Janes booked against Keith Berish. Moved to UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov[11]
  8. ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson[16]
  9. ^ Moved to UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson[17]
  10. ^ Moved to UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2[18]
  11. ^ Kasuya booked against Volkanovski and moved to UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson[15]

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c CNN Philippines Staff (2016-06-23). "UFC returns to PH for Fight Night Manila". cnnphilippines.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2016-06-23. ((cite web)): |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ UFC Press Release (2016-08-15). "Penn vs. Lamas headlines Manila event". au.ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  3. ^ "Ricardo Lamas vs. B.J. Penn official as main event of UFC Fight Night 97". themmareport.com. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  4. ^ John Morgan (2016-10-04). "Injury forces B.J. Penn out of UFC Fight Night 97 headliner". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  5. ^ a b "After B.J. Penn's withdrawal, UFC cancels next week's UFC Fight Night 97 event in Philippines". mmajunkie.com. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  6. ^ Anton Tabuena (2016-10-07). "Philippine commission issues statement on rumors concerning UFC Manila". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  7. ^ "Saturday's UFC 203 event-opener moves to UFC Fight Night 97 in Philippines". mmajunkie.com. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  8. ^ Chris (2016-09-15). "Alex Volkanovski set to face Jon Tuck at UFC Fight Night 97". fightnewsaustralia.com. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  9. ^ Guilherme Cruz (2016-10-12). "Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliveira booked for UFC Fight Night 98 in Mexico". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  10. ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-11-21). "Rodríguez vs Penn to headline Phoenix event". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  11. ^ a b "UFC Fight Night 102 gets eight new fights, including Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov headliner". mmajunkie.com. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  12. ^ Anton Tabuena (2016-10-12). "UFC Manila's Lausa vs Zhikui re-booked for UFN: Rockhold vs Jacare 2". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  13. ^ "Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota joins UFC on FOX 22 lineup". mmajunkie.com. 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  14. ^ "Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson moves to UFC Fight Night 98 in Mexico". mmajunkie.com. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  15. ^ a b "UFC Fight Night 101 in Australia gets 3 new additions". mmajunkie.com. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  16. ^ Gimgeonil reporters (2016-10-13). "Seo Hee Ham vs Taylor go to November UFC tournament in Australia (Korean)". spotvnews.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  17. ^ Brian Martin (2016-10-17). "James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono added to UFC on Fox 22". whittierdailynews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  18. ^ Ben Kiely (2016-10-13). "UFC Belfast benefits greatly from cancelled Manila event as exciting flyweight bout finds new home". sportsjoe.ie. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  19. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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