Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera rebooked to headline March 25 UFC event
First of all jam to headline UFC Vegas 69, Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera has been rescheduled to front a March 25 UFC event.
UFC President Dana White confirmed a file from SI.com about the rebooking of the fight, which takes location at AT&T Heart in San Antonio, Texas.
It’s unclear at the time of this writing the novel headliner for UFC Vegas 69, which takes location Feb. 18 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. A flyweight fight between one-time title challenger Taila Santos and Erin Blanchfield is at yell the most attention-grabbing bout reported for the first card.
Sandhagen and Vera each and each scheme to build up in title competition for the bantamweight belt at yell held by champ Aljamain Sterling. For Sandhagen, the chance is a possibility to avenge his first octagon setback, a first-spherical submission loss to Sterling. Since then, Sandhagen has long gone 3-2 in the UFC with setbacks in opposition to ex-champs T.J. Dillashaw and Petr Yan and a fresh take hang of over Music Yadong.
Vera has received four straight, most just no longer too prolonged ago knocking out ex-champ Dominick Cruz to notch his largest take hang of up to now.
Bouts confirmed for the March 25 Fight Evening card encompass:
- Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera
- Holly Holm vs. Yana Kunitskaya
- Maycee Barber vs. Andrea Lee
- Alex Caceres vs. Nate Landwehr
- Chidi Njokuani vs. Albert Duraev