UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho
Mixed martial arts event in 2024
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UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho (also known as UFC on ESPN 62 and UFC Vegas 96) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 24, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States..[2]
| UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho | ||||
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The poster for UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 24, 2024 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho headlined the event.[3]
The featherweight and middleweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko took place at the event.[4]
A middleweight bout between Roman Kopylov and Brunno Ferreira was scheduled for this event.[5] However, Kopylov withdrew from the fight after appendicitis surgery and the bout was scrapped.[6]
A featherweight bout between Danny Silva and Dennis Buzukja was expected to take place at the event.[7] However, Silva withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Francis Marshall in a lightweight bout.[8]
A featherweight bout between Žygimantas Ramaška and Nathan Fletcher was scheduled for this event.[9] Despite both men successfully weighing in, it was announced that the fight was canceled due to an undisclosed medical issue on Fletcher’s part.[10] The bout has been re-scheduled to take place at the next event, UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady, two weeks later.[11]
Results
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Jared Cannonier | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 48–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Tabatha Ricci | def. | Angela Hill | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Ryan Loder | def. | Robert Valentin | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 1:49 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Mairon Santos | def. | Kaan Ofli | KO (punch) | 2 | 1:30 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Michael Morales | def. | Neil Magny | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:39 | |
| Middleweight | Gerald Meerschaert | def. | Edmen Shahbazyan | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 4:12 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Francis Marshall | def. | Dennis Buzukja | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Zachary Reese | def. | José Medina | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Viacheslav Borshchev | def. | James Llontop | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Jacqueline Cavalcanti | def. | Josiane Nunes | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Wang Cong | def. | Victoria Leonardo | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:02 | |
- The Ultimate Fighter 32 middleweight tournament final.
- The Ultimate Fighter 32 featherweight tournament final.