DENVER — Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President and CEO Dana White has announced the UFC's return to Colorado for the first time since 2018.
"UFC Fight Night" will be held Saturday, July 13, at Ball Arena in Denver.
The first UFC event in Denver since a 25th anniversary event in 2018, the event will also be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.
"We are headed back to Denver for the first time since 2018," said White on X. "Live from the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. The main event, Maycee Barber vs. Rose Namajunas."
No. 4 ranked Maycee Barber will fight No. 6 Rose Namajunas in the main event. Barber intends on securing a shot at a title by taking out Namajunas.
Also on the card, a lightweight bout will see Denver’s Drew Dober fight Mike Davis. Dober will make his UFC fight debut in his home city of Denver.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 7, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com.
Ticket sales are limited to eight per person. UFC Fight Club members can purchase tickets at UFCFightClub.com.
Additional bouts on the card:
- No. 10 ranked flyweight contender Viviane Araujo looks to defend her spot in the rankings against No. 15 Jasmine Jasudavicius.
- Welterweight strikers collide as Santiago Ponzinibbio meets Muslim Salikhov.
- Mike Malott seeks to keep his 100 percent finishing rate intact against Gilbert Urbina at welterweight.
- Abdul Razak Alhassan (fighting out of Denver by way of Ghana) plans to spoil the homecoming of Cody Brundage (fighting out of Littleton, Colorado) in a middleweight bout.
- Julian Erosa and Christian Rodriguez battle in a featherweight bout sure to deliver fireworks.
- Gabriel Bonfim against Ange Loosa in a welterweight contest.
- Welterweight contenders Josh Fremd (fighting out of Englewood, Colorado, by way of Pittsburgh, Penn.) fights Andre Petroski.
- Luana Santos faces Mariya Agapova in a flyweight bout.
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