(#2) CORY SANDHAGEN AND RETURNING TJ DILLASHAW & (#3) ASPEN LADD vs. (#9) MACY CHIASSON

BLOCKBUSTER BANTAMWEIGHT HEADLINER BETWEEN

(#2) CORY SANDHAGEN AND RETURNING TJ DILLASHAW

AT UFC^® APEX IN LAS VEGAS

FEATURED BOUT:

(#3) ASPEN LADD vs. (#9) MACY CHIASSON

Las Vegas – UFC^® delivers one other action-packed card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, headlined by a bantamweight thriller that can see No. 2 ranked contender Cory Sandhagen tackle returning former champion TJ Dillashaw. The co-main occasion will see No. 3 ranked girls’s bantamweight contender Aspen Ladd sq. off with No. 9 Macy Chiasson.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: SANDHAGEN vs. DILLASHAW will happen Saturday, July 24 from UFC APEX is Las Vegas. All bouts shall be out there on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes starting with the prelims at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT and persevering with with the principle card at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

Sandhagen (14-2, preventing out of Aurora, Colo.) is coming off consecutive Efficiency of the Evening-earning knockouts over former light-weight champion Frankie Edgar and Marlon Moraes. Among the many most various and entertaining strikers at bantamweight, he additionally holds wins over Raphael Assuncao, John Lineker and Iuri Alcantara. Sandhagen now seems to be so as to add one other former UFC champion to his resume to stake his declare for a title shot.

Former two-time bantamweight champion Dillashaw (17-4, preventing out of Denver, Colo.) returns to motion for the primary time in over two years. All through his UFC profession, he has utilized his dynamic putting and grappling to safe memorable victories over Cody Garbrandt (twice), Renan Barao (twice) and John Lineker. Dillashaw now has his sights set on making a press release towards one of many division’s prime contenders whereas positioning himself for a chance to reclaim the belt.

Aggressive finisher Ladd (9-1, El Dorado Hills, Calif.) hopes to choose up the place she left off following a 2019 TKO victory over fellow contender Yana Kunitskaya. Throughout her UFC run she has additionally netted spectacular stoppage wins towards Tonya Evinger and Lina Länsberg. Ladd now goals to remind the 135-pound division that she’s extra harmful than ever.

The Final Fighter season 28 winner Chiasson (8-1, preventing out of Dallas, Texas by means of New Orleans, La.) seems to be to profit from her first UFC co-main occasion alternative. Since becoming a member of the UFC roster in 2018, she has earned notable victories towards Marion Reneau, Shanna Younger and Sarah Moras. Chiasson is now gunning for the most important win of her profession to crack the bantamweight prime 5.

Further bouts on the cardboard embody:

• No. 14 ranked bantamweight contender Kyler Phillips (9-1, preventing out of Glendale, Calif.) takes on surging Raulian Paiva (20-3, preventing out of Santana, Amapa, Brazil)
• Darren Elkins (26-9, preventing out of Portage, Ind.) faces Darrick Minner (26-11, preventing out of Nebraska Metropolis, Neb.) in a conflict of gritty featherweights
• No. 14 ranked girls’s flyweight contender Maycee Barber (8-2, preventing out of Chicago, In poor health.) locks horns with No. 13 Miranda Maverick (11-2, preventing out of Norfolk, Va.)
• Mickey Gall (6-3, preventing out of Inexperienced Brook, N.J.) squares off with Jordan Williams (9-4 1NC, preventing out of Santa Rosa, Calif.) at welterweight
• Undefeated Punahele Soriano (8-0, preventing out of Las Vegas, Nev. by means of Oahu, Hawaii) meets fellow Dana White’s Contender Sequence signee Brendan Allen (16-4, preventing out of Delray Seashore, Fla. by means of Covington, La.) in a battle of rising middleweights
• In a pivotal heavyweight contenders’ bout, No. 7 ranked Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-5, preventing out of Dagestan, Russia) faces No. 10 Chris Daukaus (11-3, preventing out of Philadelphia, Penn.)
• Nassourdine Imavov (9-3, preventing out of Paris, France) squares off with Ian Heinisch (14-4, preventing out of Denver, Colo.) in an intriguing middleweight contest
• Surging bantamweight prospects collide when Adrian Yanez (13-3, preventing out of Houston, Texas) meets Randy Costa (6-1, preventing out of Taunton, Mass.)
• Julio Arce (16-4, preventing out of Bayside, N.Y.) returns to bantamweight to battle with Andre Ewell (17-7, preventing out of Riverside, Calif.)
• No. 13 ranked girls’s bantamweight contender Sijara Eubanks (7-6, preventing out of Brick, N.J. by means of Springfield, Mass.) returns to flyweight to tackle Elise Reed (4-0, preventing out of Princeton, N.J.)
• Diana Belbita (13-6, preventing out of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada) faces Hannah Goldy (5-1, preventing out of Orlando, Fla.) in a girls’s strawweight bout

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