| 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 (2024-08-24) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho (also known asUFC on ESPN 62 andUFC Vegas 96) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 24, 2024, at theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States..[2]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight Championship challengerJared Cannonier andCaio Borralho headlined the event.[3]
The featherweight and middleweight finals ofThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko took place at the event.[4]
A middleweight bout betweenRoman Kopylov and Brunno Ferreira was scheduled for this event.[5] However, Kopylov withdrew from the fight afterappendicitis 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 Ramaškaand 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]
| 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 following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[13][14]
