Las Vegas – The UFC returns to UFC APEX with an exciting bout of strawweight contenders that will see No. 5-ranked Mackenzie Dern collide with No. 6 Yan Xiaonan. An action-packed co-main event will see a showdown between exciting welterweights Randy Brown and Francisco Trinaldo.
This event will take place on Saturday, October 1 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The full card will be available exclusively on ESPN+ (English and Spanish), with the main card starting at 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT and the preliminaries at 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Fighting out of Huntington Beach, Calif., fan favorite Dern (12-2) returns to the Octagon to continue her impressive rise up the 115-pound rankings. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt has scored impressive wins against Tecia Torres, Nina Nunes and Randa Markos. Dern now sets out to stop Yan and claim her title shot.
Yan (13-3) fighting out of Beijing, China looks to steal the show by adding another notable name to his resume. Proven as a dangerous striker, she has secured victories over Cláudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Angela Hill. Yan now looks to become the first fighter to finish Dern with a declared victory.
Due to injuries to both athletes, the bantamweight bout between Cody Garbrandt and Rani Yahya was removed from the card.
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Randy Brown (15-4) fighting from Queens, NY looks to continue his winning streak when he meets Francisco Trinaldo (28-8) fighting from Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil at welterweight. Maxim Grishin (32-9-2) fighting from Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia faces Philipe Lins (15-5) fighting from Warsaw, Poland) at light heavyweight.
Middleweight battle, when Krzysztof Jotko (24-5) fights out of Orneta, Poland meets Brendan Allen (19-5) fights out of Milwaukee, Wisc. An exciting featherweight bout will see Sodiq Yusuff (12-2) fighting out of Bladensburg, Md. take on newcomer Don Shainis (12-3) fighting out of Easton, Massachusetts.
Raoni Barcelos (16-3) fighting from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil collides with Trevin Jones (13-8) fighting from Maite, Guam at bantamweight. Heavyweights collide as Ilir Latifi (16-8-1) fights out of Malmo, Sweden, and grappling specialist Aleksei Oleinik (60-16-1) fights out of Moscow, Russia.
Jessica Penne (14-7) fighting from Huntington Beach, California faces Tabatha Ricci (7-1) fighting from Ventura, California at strawweight. An exciting lightweight matchup pits Mike Davis (9-2) fighting out of Coconut Creek, Florida against Dana White Contender Series signatory Viacheslav Borshchev (6-2) fighting out of Sacramento, California.
John Castaneda (19-5) fighting out of Minneapolis, Minnesota fights Daniel Santos (10-2) fighting out of Uberlandia, Brazil at bantamweight. The lightweights square off when Joaquim Silva (11-4) fights from Curitiba, Brazil, and Jesse Ronson (21-11) in London, Ontario, Canada.
Julija Stoliarenko (10-7-1) fighting out of Kaunas, Lithuania and Octagon newcomer Chelsea Chandler (4-1) fighting out of Stockton, California are set to compete in a 140-pound catchweight bout. An exciting bantamweight bout sees Guido Cannetti (9-7) fighting in San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires, Argentina versus Randy Costa (6-3) fighting in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Executive Writer and Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. He is passionate about combat sports and also hosts a podcast for Sitting Ringside. He is also a former MMA Fighter and Kickboxer.
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