[Event] UFC Fight Night 183 - Felder vs. dos Anjos - Nov 14

Dent · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:44 pm

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UFC Fight Night 183: Felder vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC Vegas 14) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 14, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)

Lightweight Paul Felder vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Catchweight (172.5 lb) Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Khaos Williams
Catchweight (195 lb) Brendan Allen vs. Sean Strickland
Women's Strawweight Kay Hansen vs. Cory McKenna

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Women's Strawweight Ashley Yoder vs. Miranda Granger
Welterweight Alex Morono vs. Rhys McKee
Catchweight (139 lb) José Alberto Quiñónez vs. Louis Smolka
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Kanako Murata
Bantamweight Geraldo de Freitas vs. Tony Gravely
Heavyweight Don'Tale Mayes vs. Roque Martinez

Background

A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev was expected to take place at UFC 254. On October 8, dos Anjos tested positive for COVID-19 and was pulled from the bout. The pairing was left intact and rescheduled to headline this event. However on November 8, it was reported that Makhachev was forced to pull out of the event due to a staph infection. Paul Felder was announced as his replacement a day later.

A middleweight bout between Saparbek Safarov and Julian Marquez was initially slated for August 29 at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakić. However, the bout was moved to this event after Safarov faced travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In turn, Safarov pulled out due to weight cut issues a day before the event and the pairing was canceled once again.

A middleweight bout between Andreas Michailidis and Antônio Arroyo was expected to take place at this event. In turn, Eryk Anders replaced Michailidis on October 23 due to undisclosed reasons.

Gabriel Benítez was expected to face Justin Jaynes in a featherweight bout at the event. However, Benítez pulled out on October 27 due to testing positive for COVID-19 and the bout was scratched. As of now, the promotion plans on rebooking the matchup for a later date that hasn't been determined.

A women's strawweight bout between former Invicta FC Strawweight Champions Lívia Renata Souza and Kanako Murata was expected to take place at this event. However, Souza pulled out in early November due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Randa Markos.

A flyweight bout between Jeff Molina and Zarrukh Adashev was briefly expected to take place at this event, but was eventually rescheduled for UFC Fight Night 188.

Bryan Barberena was expected to face Daniel Rodriguez in a welterweight bout at this event. However, Barberena underwent an emergency laparotomy a week before the event due to "internal bleeding from a couple ruptured arteries in his omentum" and has been sidelined indefinitely. Rodriguez was rebooked against Nicolas Dalby a week later at UFC 255.

At the weigh-ins, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Eryk Anders and Louis Smolka missed weight for their respective bouts. Alhassan weighed in at 172.5 pounds, one and a half pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. Anders weighed in at 187.5 pounds, one and a half pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. Smolka weighed in at 139 pounds, three pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. All of their bouts will proceed at catchweight and they were each fined 20 percent of their individual purses, which will go to their opponents Khaos Williams, Antônio Arroyo and José Alberto Quiñónez. Anders eventually pulled out of the fight the next day as consequence of the weigh-cut and his bout was canceled.

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[Event] UFC Fight Night 183 - Felder vs. dos Anjos - Nov 14

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