UFC

Massive bantamweight titel contender fight mysteriously changes date

Published

February 3, 2023

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Marlon “Chito” Vera will headline UFC San Antonio in March Photo: Jasen Vinlove – USA TODAY Sports

The pivotal bantamweight bout between top ranked contenders Marlon “Chito” Vera and Cory Sandhagen has a new date and location.

Instead of headlining the UFC Vegas 69 event on February 18, the fight now will take place at UFC San Antonio on March 25. UFC has not yet given a reason for rescheduling the highly anticipated fight, nor announced which fight that will headline UFC Vegas 69.

Vera rides a four-fight winning streak and is coming off a brutal knockout against Dominick Cruz, while Sandhagen comes from a fourth-round knockout against Song Yadong.

Current lineup for UFC San Antonio

The main card of UFC San Antonio includes two highly interesting women’s bantamweight fights as former champion Holly Holm takes on No. 6 ranked Yana Kunitskaya, and No. 5 ranked Irene Aldana clashes with No. 2 ranked. Raquel Pennington

The fight card also features a clash between ranked welterweights Sean Brady and Michel Pereira.

Check out the current lineup below!

Bantamweight bout: Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen
Women’s Flyweight bout: Maycee Barber vs. Andrea Lee
Middleweight bout: Chidi Njokuani vs. Albert Duraev
Flyweight bout: C.J. Vergara vs. Daniel da Silva
Women’s Bantamweight bout: Holly Holm vs. Yana Kunitskaya
Flyweight bout: Alex Perez vs. Manel Kape
Featherweight bout: Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz
Welterweight bout: Trevin Giles vs. Preston Parsons
Featherweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Nate Landwehr
Featherweight bout: Steven Peterson vs. Lucas Alexander
Women’s Bantamweight bout: Irene Aldana vs. Raquel Pennington
Welterweight bout: Sean Brady vs. Michel Pereira

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