UFC 290 Volkanovski vs Rodríguez

Date
Sun 9th July 2023 (UTC)
Sat 8th July 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-07-09T04:00:00

Time

04:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2023

Round
23

Status
Not Started

Location
T-Mobile Arena

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Description

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on July 8, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena facility in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Background
A UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between current champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner) Yair Rodríguez is expected to headline the event.

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja is expected to take place at the event. The pair first met in an exhibition bout on The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions in 2016 which Pantoja won by second round submission. They also met at UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman in 2018 which Pantoja won by unanimous decision.

A UFC Middleweight title eliminator between former champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis is scheduled for the event.

Former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler will take on Niko Price in a welterweight bout at the event, in what is expected to be his retirement fight.

A lightweight bout between Jalin Turner and Dan Hooker is expected to take place at the event. They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC 285 but Hooker withdrew due to injury.

A flyweight bout between former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and former Rizin Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape was expected to take place at the event. However, Figueiredo withdrew in late April after he was not medically cleared to compete. The UFC officially cancelled the bout on May 13 after it was announced that Figueiredo would be moving to the bantamweight divison. It is currently unknown if a replacement opponent will be sought by the promotion.

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Result List


01				Alexander Volkanovski
01				Yair Rodríguez

02				Alexandre Pantoja
02				Brandon Moreno

03				Dricus du Plessis
03				Robert Whittaker

Result Description
Main card
Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski (c) def. Yair Rodríguez (ic) TKO (punches) 3 4:19
Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja def. Brandon Moreno (c) Decision (split) (46–49, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00
Middleweight Dricus du Plessis def. Robert Whittaker TKO (punches) 2 2:23
Catchweight (158 lb) Dan Hooker def. Jalin Turner Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Bo Nickal def. Val Woodburn TKO (punches) 1 0:38

Preliminary card (ABC / ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight Robbie Lawler def. Niko Price KO (punches) 1 0:38
Catchweight (130 lb) Tatsuro Taira def. Édgar Cháirez Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00
Women's Strawweight Denise Gomes def. Yazmin Jauregui TKO (punches) 1 0:20
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield def. Jimmy Crute Submission (guillotine choke) 2 1:55

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Vitor Petrino def. Marcin Prachnio Submission (arm-triangle choke) 3 3:42
Bantamweight Cameron Saaiman def. Terrence Mitchell TKO (punches) 1 3:10
Flyweight Jesús Santos Aguilar def. Shannon Ross KO (punch) 1 0:17
Lightweight Esteban Ribovics def. Kamuela Kirk Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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