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UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 6, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Fight card
Main Card
Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Felicia Spencer UFC Women's Featherweight Championship
Bantamweight Raphael Assunção vs. Cody Garbrandt
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling vs. Cory Sandhagen
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Bantamweight Eddie Wineland vs. Sean O'Malley
Preliminary Card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Featherweight Alex Caceres vs. Chase Hooper
Middleweight Ian Heinisch vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Featherweight Cody Stamann vs. Brian Kelleher
Middleweight Charles Byrd vs. Maki Pitolo
Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass / ESPN+)
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Alex Perez
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark
Catchweight (150 lbs) Evan Dunham vs. Herbert Burns
Background
A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Henry Cejudo (also former UFC Flyweight Champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) and former WEC and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo was expected to serve as the initial event headliner. However, Aldo pulled out on April 8 due to visa issues as the event was expected to be moved to the United States (see section below). Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz replaced Aldo.
A UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion) and former Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Felicia Spencer was expected to serve as the co-headliner. Nunes announced on April 20 that she would not compete at a new proposed event for May 9 due to her desire to have a full training camp. Additionally, her featherweight title bout with Spencer is now expected to serve the new event headliner.
On June 4, Ian Heinisch was removed from his scheduled bout with Gerald Meerschaert for unknown reasons. He is expected to be replaced by promotional newcomer, Anthony Ivy.
COVID-19 pandemic
The event was originally expected to take place at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. On April 7, it was announced that the venue will be used as a field hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and would not be able to host the fight card.
Due to the event being expected to be relocated to the United States, several changes were made due to fighters being unable to compete due to visa issues:
A light heavyweight bout between the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua (also 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Champion) and Antônio Rogério Nogueira was cancelled. The pairing previously met at PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 and UFC 190, with Rua winning both fights.
Ketlen Vieira, who was expected to face Marion Reneau in a women's bantamweight bout.
Former title challenger Bethe Correia, who was expected to face Pannie Kianzad in a women's bantamweight bout.
Augusto Sakai, who was expected to face former WSOF Heavyweight Champion Blagoy Ivanov in a heavyweight bout. This fight was later rescheduled for May 30, at UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns.
Carlos Felipe, who was expected to face Sergey Spivak in a heavyweight bout.
UFC president Dana White announced on April 9 that starting with UFC 249, all future events were indefinitely postponed. It was confirmed that this event was cancelled on April 20, though the UFC was still targeting a new event for the same date (not expected to be the original UFC 250). The UFC moved the previously mentioned UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Cejudo and Cruz, as well as a heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabrício Werdum and Aleksei Oleinik to the new UFC 249 date.
This event will also feature fighters that were pulled from other events previously cancelled:
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and Raphael Assunção was scheduled for Columbus, Ohio on March 28, at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik. However, Garbrandt pulled out on March 12 due to kidney issues. The pairing has been rescheduled for this event.
On June 4, Ian Heinisch was removed from his scheduled bout with Gerald Meerschaert due to a cornerman testing positive for COVID-19. He was then expected to be replaced by promotional newcomer Anthony Ivy. However, Heinisch’s cornerman was retested and cleared allowing the original pairing to stay intact.
Jun 05 - Updated fight card & background
Jun 06 - Updated fight card & background
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