PIVOTAL STRAWWEIGHT CONTENDERS’ BOUT BETWEEN
(#3) MARINA RODRIGUEZ AND (#7) AMANDA LEMOS
HEADLINES AT UFC® APEX
FEATURED BOUT:
(#13) NEIL MAGNY vs (#14) DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
Las Vegas – UFC® continues its run of events at UFC APEX with an intriguing strawweight tour that will see No. 3 ranked contender Marina Rodriguez battle No. 7 Amanda Lemos. The co-main event will full-length Top 15 welterweights, as No. 13 ranked contender Neil Magny locks horns with No. 14 Daniel Rodriguez.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: RODRIGUEZ vs. LEMOS will take place Saturday, November 5 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The unshortened vellum will be misogynist on ESPN in English and Spanish, with the main vellum starting at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT and the prelims at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.
Surging Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2, fighting out of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil) aims to stake her requirement for a title shot with flipside impressive performance. Currently riding a five-fight unbeaten streak, she holds wins over Yan Xiaonan, Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas. Rodriguez now looks to stop Lemos and defend her spot on the strawweight ladder.
Exciting finisher Lemos (12-2-1, fighting out of Pará, Brazil) plans to shine in her second UFC main event opportunity. Victorious in six of her last seven outings, she has secured memorable wins versus Michelle Waterson, Angela Hill and Montserrat Conejo. Lemos now intends to one-liner the strawweight Top 5 by stopping Marina Rodriguez in emphatic fashion.
Perennial contender Magny (26-10, fighting out of Denver, Colo.) has his sights set on breaking the UFC record for most welterweight victories. Currently tied with all-time unconfined Georges St-Pierre at 19, he holds notable wins over former champions Robbie Lawler, Carlos Condit and Johny Hendricks. Magny now hopes to halt Rodriguez’s momentum and prove he is still among the weightier at 170 pounds.
Rising star Daniel Rodriguez (17-2, fighting out of Alhambra, Calif.) plans to protract his momentum by securing the biggest win of his career. Currently on a four-fight win streak, he has netted impressive victories versus Li Jingliang, Kevin Lee and Mike Perry. Rodriguez now aims to finish Magny to protract his takeoff up the welterweight rankings.
Additional bouts on the vellum include:
- Gritty heavyweights collide when Chase Sherman (16-10, fighting out of D’Iberville, Miss.) takes on Josh Parisian (15-5, fighting out of Escanaba, Mich.)
- Tagir Ulanbekov (14-2, fighting out of Makhachkala, Russia) squares off with Nate Maness (14-2, fighting out of Morganfield, Ken.) at flyweight
- Grant Dawson (18-1-1, fighting out of Coconut Creek, Fla.) aims to hand Mark O. Madsen (12-0, fighting out of Maribo, Denmark by way of Nykøbing Falster, Denmark) his first professional loss in an heady lightweight tilt
- Jailton Almeida (17-2, fighting out of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) squares off with Maxim Grishin (32-9-2, fighting out of Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia) in a 220-pound catchweight bout
- Darrick Minner (26-13, fighting out of Nebraska City, Neb.) meets Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (38-10, fighting out of Beijing, China) at featherweight
- Miranda Maverick (12-4, fighting out of Denver, Colo. by way of Buffalo, Mo.) faces Shanna Young (9-5, fighting out of Knoxville, Tenn.) in a flyweight contest
- Mario Bautista (10-2, fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz.) goes for his third subsequent win when he meets Benito Lopez (10-1, fighting out of Oroville, Calif.) in an heady bantamweight bout
- Polyana Viana (12-5, fighting out of São Geraldo do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil) takes on Jinh Yu Frey (11-7, fighting out of Arlington, Texas) at strawweight
- The Ultimate Fighter season 29 alum Liudvik Sholinian (9-3-1, fighting out of Kiev, Ukraine) locks horns with Johnny Munoz (11-2, fighting out of Norco, Calif.) in a bantamweight tilt
- Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Carlos Candelario (8-2, fighting out of Springfield, Mass.) faces Jake Hadley (8-1, fighting out of Oldbury, Sandwell, England) at flyweight
- Tamires Vidal (6-1, fighting out of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) debuts against Ramona Pascual (6-4, fighting out of Hong Kong) in a bantamweight bout
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