(#9) ISLAM MAKHACHEV AND (#14) THIAGO MOISES & (#12) MARION RENEAU vs MIESHA TATE IS OFFICIAL

PIVOTAL LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT BETWEEN

(#9) ISLAM MAKHACHEV AND (#14) THIAGO MOISES

HEADLINES AT UFC^® APEX IN LAS VEGAS

 FEATURED BOUTS:

(#12) MARION RENEAU vs MIESHA TATE

JEREMY STEPHENS vs MATEUSZ GAMROT

 Las Vegas – UFC^® continues its run of occasions at UFC APEX with a pivotal bout within the stacked light-weight division as No. 9 ranked contender Islam Makhachev intends to show that he’s worthy of title rivalry when he takes on fellow rising star No. 14 Thiago Moises. Within the co-main occasion, ladies’s bantamweight veteran and No. 12 ranked Marion Reneau appears to spoil the return of former UFC champion Miesha Tate.

 UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: MAKHACHEV vs MOISES will happen Saturday, July 17 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All bouts can be obtainable on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes starting with the prelims at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT and adopted by the primary card at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT.

Khabib Nurmagomedov protégé Makhachev (19-1, combating out of Makhachkala, Russia) goals to go away little question that he’s destined to problem for the UFC light-weight championship within the close to future. Among the many most dominant forces in MMA immediately, Makhachev holds the report for the least strikes absorbed per minute in UFC historical past, a distinction he earned with intimidating performances over Drew Dober, Davi Ramos and Gleison Tibau. He now intends to increase his spectacular win streak and turn out to be the primary fighter to complete Moises.

Moises (15-4, combating out of Indaiatuba, Brazil) has his sights set on conserving his present momentum going and securing the largest win of his younger profession. A signee from Dana White’s Contender Sequence, the 26-year-old Moises just lately discovered his footing within the talent-rich light-weight division when he rattled off three straight thrilling victories in opposition to Michael Johnson, Bobby Inexperienced and Alexander Hernandez. Moises now plans to shock the world by upsetting Makhachev and starting his personal run in direction of UFC gold.

Reneau (9-7-1, combating out of Visalia, Calif.) appears to ship one other stellar efficiency and present why she is among the elite in ladies’s MMA. Reneau confirmed off her Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt expertise in her debut with a Efficiency of the Evening submission win over former UFC champion Jessica Andrade after which adopted up this efficiency with equally notable finishes over Milana Dudieva, Talita Bernardo and Sara McMann. She now seeks to make one other assertion in opposition to Tate.

Former UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion Tate (18-7, combating out of Las Vegas, Nev.) steps again into the Octagon for the primary time in nearly 5 years, trying to remind everybody of the abilities that earned her UFC gold. Among the many hottest athletes in MMA, Tate secured her first shot on the belt with victories over former title challengers Liz Carmouche, Sara McMann and Jessica Eye earlier than defeating Holly Holm for the title. She now intends to get proper again within the combine by changing into the primary individual to complete Reneau.

Extra bouts on the cardboard embrace:

• Jeremy Stephens (28-18, 1 NC, combating out of San Diego, Calif.) locks horns with Mateusz Gamrot (18-1, 1 NC, combating out of Lubon, Poland) in a light-weight bout assured to ship motion
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu phenom Rodolfo Vieira (7-1, combating out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) takes on fellow grappling specialist Dustin Stoltzfus (13-2, combating out of Germersheim, Germany) at middleweight
• An thrilling featherweight bout sees Gabriel Benitez (22-9, fig8hting out of Tijuana, Mexico) face off with The Final Fighter and Dana White’s Contender Sequence alum Billy Quarantillo (15-3, combating out of Tampa, Fla.)
• Welterweights Daniel Rodriguez (14-2, combating out of San Gabriel, Calif.) appears to spoil the UFC debut of newcomer Preston Parsons (9-2, combating out of Jacksonville Seashore, Fla.) who replaces Abubakar Nurmagomedov on brief discover
• No. 14 ranked ladies’s strawweight Amanda Lemos (9-1-1, combating out of Para, Brazil) goals to defend her spot within the rankings in opposition to Montserrat Conejo (10-1, combating out of Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico)
• Khalid Taha (13-3, 1 NC, combating out of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) intends to cease Sergey Morozov (16-4, combating out of Aktau, Kazakhstan) from incomes his first UFC victory in a bantamweight bout
• Dana White’s Contender Sequence signee Miles Johns (11-1, combating out of Dallas, Texas) appears to make it two finishes in a row when he takes on Anderson dos Santos (21-8, combating out of Sao Paulo, Brazil) at bantamweight
• Francisco Figueiredo (12-3-1, 1 NC, combating out of Condor, Para, Brazil) has his sights set on persevering with to construct his personal legacy at flyweight when he battles Malcolm Gordon (12-5, combating out of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)
• Alan Baudot (8-2, combating out of Paris, France) seeks to safe his first emphatic UFC end in opposition to Dana White’s Contender Sequence veteran Rodrigo Nascimento (8-1, combating out of Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

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