UFC

New headliner for UFC Vegas 73 with Swedish heavyweight Ilir Latifi

Published

May 9, 2023

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Mackenzie Dern will headline UFC Vegas 73 on May 20. Photo: Jason Silva – USA TODAY Sports

Ranked strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill were scheduled to clash on the main card of UFC of ABC 4 on Saturday.

However, recent reports claim the fight between Dern and Hill was moved, and will now headline UFC Vegas 73 at the Apex in Las Vegas.

As Irene Aldana was pulled from her fight with Raquel Pennington – a fight which was scheduled to headline UFC Vegas 73 – UFC needed a new main event for the card. The news was first reported by MMA Fighting.

Heavyweight fight with Ilir Latifi

UFC Vegas 73 also features a heavyweight bout where Swedish veteran Ilir Latifi takes on Rodrigo Nascimento.

Latifi has back-to-back wins against Tanner Boser and Aleksei Oleinik going into the fight, while his Brazilian opponent is 1-1-1 in his last UFC fights.

Current fight card for UFC Vegas 73

Women’s strawweight bout: Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill
Middleweight bout: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Anthony Hernandez
Welterweight bout: Andre Fialho vs. Joaquin Buckley
Lightweight bout: Hayisaer Maheshate vs. Viacheslav Borschev
Lightweight bout: Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Michael Johnson
Women’s strawweight bout: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Welterweight bout: Orion Cosce vs. Gilbert Urbina
Heavyweight bout: Ilir Latifi vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Lightweight bout: Chase Hooper vs. Nick Fiore
Women’s flyweight bout: Natalia Silva vs. Victoria Leonardo
Flyweight bout: Clayton Carpenter vs. Stephen Erceg

* Fight order and number of bouts can change.

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