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Stacked UFC card with Josefine Knutsson adds top ranked fighters!
Manel Kape. Photo via Instagram (@manelkape)
The final UFC event of 2024 is getting more and more stacked.
The promotion recently added ranked flyweights Manel Kape and Bruno Silva to the card that goes down at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, on December 14. Ag. Fight was the first to report the fight.
Silva has four straight finishes while Kape looks to get back in the winning column after losing a snooze-fest to Muhammad Mokaev.
UFC also added a bantamweight matchup between Davey Grant and Ramon Taveras to the Tampa card. Taveras, who made his UFC debut in January, enters the fight with back-to-back wins while Grant looks to rebound from a split decision.
Josefine Knutsson will face former training partner
One of the most interesting matchups on the card is the strawweight clash between Josefine “Thunder” Knutsson and Piera Rodriguez.
In a recent interview with Frontkick, the undefeated Swede opened up on facing her former training partner in Tampa.
“We let UFC know that we were ready to take a fight on short notice. However, when Piera’s team reached out and proposed a fight we of course agreed. Even though we know each other from before we would have clashed sooner or later. I’m just happy to get a fight before the end of 2024.”
Josefine Knutsson. Photo: YouTube
Announced fights for UFC Fight Night 249
UFC Fight Night 249 will go down at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, on December 14. Check out the announced fights below:
- Light Heavyweight bout: Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos
- Women’s Strawweight bout: Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
- Women’s Strawweight bout: Josefine Lindgren Knutsson vs. Piera Rodriguez
- Light Heavyweight bout: Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
- Women’s Flyweight bout: Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick
- Bantamweight bout: Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras
- Flyweight bout: Manel Kape vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva
