| UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 15, 2025 (2025-03-15) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 (also known asUFC Fight Night 254 andUFC Vegas 104 andUFC on ESPN+ 112) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 15, 2025, at theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States.[2]
A middleweight rematch between formerUFC Middleweight Championship challengerMarvin Vettori andRoman Dolidze headlined the event.[3] The pairing previously met atUFC 286 in March 2023, with Vettori winning the fight via unanimous decision.[4]
A lightweight bout between Evan Elder and MarQuel Mederos was scheduled for this event.[5] However, it was announced that Mederos was injured, so the bout was cancelled and Elder was moved to theUFC on ESPN: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. card.[6] It was also reported that Mederos was moved to theUFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg two weeks later as a replacement fighter.[7]
At the weigh-ins, two fighters missed weight:[8]
Nurgozhay and Njokuani's bouts proceeded at catchweight. Nurgozhay was fined 25 percent of his individual purse which went to his opponent Brendson Ribeiro and 20 percent of Njokuani's purse went to his opponentElizeu Zaleski dos Santos.[8][9]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Roman Dolidze | def. | Marvin Vettori | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (172.25 lb) | Chidi Njokuani | def. | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | TKO (knee and elbows) | 2 | 2:19 | |
| Lightweight | Alexander Hernandez | def. | Kurt Holobaugh | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Da'Mon Blackshear | def. | Cody Gibson | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 4:09 | |
| Catchweight (210.5 lb) | Brendson Ribeiro | def. | Diyar Nurgozhay | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 1:28 | |
| Featherweight | Kevin Vallejos | def. | Choi Seung-woo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | def. | Ryan Spann | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:48 | |
| Bantamweight | You Su-young | def. | AJ Cunningham | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Carlos Vera | def. | Josias Musasa | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:16 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Sam Hughes | def. | Stephanie Luciano | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | André Lima | def. | Daniel Barez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:05 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Priscila Cachoeira | def. | Josiane Nunes | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:46 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Carli Judice | def. | Yuneisy Duben | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 1:40 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[11]
