UFC Vegas 75 fight card airs live on ESPN+ from UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, June 17. The main event is a five-round middleweight bout between former title challengers Marvin Vettori and Jared Cannonier.
Marvin Vettori (19-6-1) was in action in March in London, where he scored a unanimous decision against Roman Dolidze. Last September in Paris, the 29-year-old native of Trento, Italy dropped a UD against Robert Whittaker. No. 3-ranked contender challenged Israel Adesanya for the belt in June 2021 in Glendale, Arizona, but fell short suffering the defeat also by decision.
No. 4-ranked Jared Cannonier (16-6) won his previous bout in December 2022 in Las Vegas by split decision against Sean Strickland. The 39-year-old contender of Dallas, Texas didn’t succeed in his attempt to dethrone Adesanya last July also in Las Vegas, suffering the defeat also by unanimous decision.
The co-main event is a lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Joaquim Silva. Akhalkalaki, Georgia-born No. 8-ranked Tsarukyan (19-3) is coming off the win by unanimous decision secured late last year against Damir Ismagulov. Silva (12-3) of Anapolis, Brazil last fought in October 2022 when he stopped Jesse Ronson in the second round.
Also on the main card, a middleweight bout between Armen Petrosyan (8-2) of Armenia and Christian Duncan (8-0) of England. As well, Pat Sabatini (17-4) of the United States takes on Lucas Almeida (14-1) of Brazil at featherweight, Manuel Torres (13-20) of Mexico meets Nikolas Motta (13-4) of Brazil at lightweight and Nicolas Dalby (21-4-1) of Denmark faces Muslim Salikhov (19-3) at welterweight.
The preliminary card features Raoni Barcelos (17-4) of Brazil up against Miles Johns (13-2) of the United States at bantamweight, Jimmy Flick (16-6) of the United States faceoff Alessandro Costa (12-3) of Brazil at flyweight and Kyung Ho Kang (18-9) of Korea versus Cristian Quinonez (17-3) of Mexico at bantamweight.
As well, a pair of flyweight bouts, as Carlos Hernandez (8-2) of the United States goes up against Denys Bondar (16-4) of Ukraine and Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-8) of Kazakhstan duels Felipe Bunes (13-6) of Brazil. Plus, Tereza Bleda (6-1) of Czech and Gabriella Fernandes (8-2) of Brazil square off at women’s flyweight.
In addition, Dan Argueta (9-1) battles his fellow-American Ronnie Lawrence (8-2) at bantamweight and Zac Pauga (7-1) of the United States duels Modestas Bukauskas (14-5) of Lithuania at light heavyweight.
The current lineup can be found below. The finalized fight card is expected to be announced shortly.
In Australia, UFC Vegas 75: Vettori vs Cannonier airs live on Sunday, June 18.
UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs Cannonier card
Main card
- Marvin Vettori vs. Jared Cannonier
- Arman Tsarukyan vs. Joaquim Silva
- Armen Petrosyan vs. Christian Leroy Duncan
- Pat Sabatini vs. Lucas Almeida
- Manuel Torres vs. Nikolas Motta
- Nicolas Dalby vs. Muslim Salikhov
Preliminary card
- Raoni Barcelos vs. Miles Johns
- Jimmy Flick vs. Alessandro Costa
- Kang Kyung-ho vs. Cristian Quinonez
- Carlos Hernandez vs. Denys Bondar
- Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Felipe Bunes
- Tereza Bleda vs. Gabriella Fernandes
- Daniel Argueta vs. Ronnie Lawrence
- Zac Pauga vs. Modestas Bukauskas
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