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UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 is an upcoming MMA event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on August 4, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.


Fight card

Main Card

Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw (c) vs. Cody Garbrandt For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
Flyweight Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. Henry Cejudo For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
Middleweight Thiago Santos vs. Kevin Holland
Women's Strawweight Polyana Viana vs. JJ Aldrich
Featherweight Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano

Preliminary Card (FX)

Bantamweight Pedro Munhoz vs. Brett Johns
Bantamweight Ricky Simon vs. Montel Jackson
Featherweight Matt Sayles vs. Sheymon Moraes

Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Flyweight Jose Torres vs. Alex Perez
Bantamweight Ricardo Ramos vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Women's Strawweight Danielle Taylor vs. Zhang Weili
Bantamweight Marlon Vera vs. Wuliji Buren


Background

A UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between current two-time champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Cody Garbrandt is expected to headline the event. They both coached on The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption before the two previously met at UFC 217 in the co-main event. When they fought, Dillashaw won with a second round knockout to claim back the title.

A UFC Flyweight Championship rematch between current champion Demetrious Johnson and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Henry Cejudo is also expected to co-headline the event. The pairing previously met at UFC 197, where Johnson defeated Cejudo by first round TKO to defend his title.

Derek Brunson was expected to face The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight winner Antônio Carlos Júnior at the event. However, Brunson pulled out of the fight in early July citing an eye injury. In turn, Carlos Júnior was removed from the card entirely and is expected to be rescheduled for a future event.

Bharat Khandare was scheduled to face Wuliji Buren at the event. However, Khandare was removed from the bout on July 18 for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Marlon Vera.

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challengers Volkan Oezdemir and Alexander Gustafsson was expected to take place at this event. However on July 19, it was announced that Oezdemir pulled out due to a broken nose. In turn, Gustafsson pulled out on July 22 due to a minor injury.

Benito Lopez was expected to face Ricky Simon at the event. However, Lopez pulled out of the bout on July 24 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Montel Jackson.

The bout between Bethe Correia between and Irene Aldana was been pulled from this event as Correia was forced to withdraw due to injury. The fight won’t be replaced.





Aug 1 - Updated fight card & background

Aug 1 - Updated fight card & background

This is going to be an amazing night of fights. Man it's going to be crazy. That rivalry between Dillashaw and Garbrandt is pure nutters!!! I normally don't really get sucked into such things. But man!!! You can't help but feel the tension between everything that went down before, during and after the first fight. Its gonna Wild!!!

Enjoyed this card.

I agree