| UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | None (behind closed doors)[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 27, 2021, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2][3]
AUFC Heavyweight Championship rematch bout between current two-time championStipe Miocic andFrancis Ngannou headlined this event.[4] The pairing met previously atUFC 220 on January 20, 2018, where Miocic won via unanimous decision and broke the record for most consecutive title defenses for the division with his third.[5]
AUFC Featherweight Championship bout between current championAlexander Volkanovski and former title challengerBrian Ortega would have served as the co-main event.[6] However, the fight was cancelled a week before taking place as Volkanovskitested positive for COVID-19.[7] The pairing was later rescheduled forUFC 266.[8]
Johnny Walker was expected to faceJimmy Crute in a light heavyweight bout at the event.[9] However, Walker pulled out of the fight in early February citing a chest injury.[10] Promotion officials elected to remove Crute from the card and reschedule him againstAnthony Smith the following month atUFC 261.[11]
A heavyweight bout between formerWSOF Heavyweight ChampionBlagoy Ivanov andMarcin Tybura was scheduled to take place at the event.[12] However, Ivanov was pulled from the bout in late February, citing an injury.[13] Tybura is now expected to compete againstWalt Harris atUFC Fight Night 193 on June 5.[14]
A women's flyweight bout betweenGillian Robertson andMiranda Maverick was scheduled forUFC 258, but it was cancelled on the day of the event after Robertson had a non-COVID related illness.[15] They eventually met at this event.[16]
A women's strawweight bout betweenRanda Markos and promotional newcomerLuana Pinheiro was expected to take place at the event.[17] However, Markos was removed from the card on March 18 aftertesting positive for COVID-19.[18] The pairing was left intact and rescheduled five weeks later atUFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka.[19]
FormerInvicta FC Atomweight Champion andUFC Women's Strawweight Championship challengerJessica Penne andHannah Goldy were expected to meet in a women's strawweight bout at the event.[20] However, on March 24, Goldy tested positive for COVID-19 and the bout was postponed.[21] The pairing remained intact and was rescheduled forUFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum.[22]
A light heavyweight bout betweenAlonzo Menifield andWilliam Knight was originally expected to take place atUFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane.[23] However, the bout was postponed during the week leading up to the event after Menifield tested positive for COVID-19.[24] The bout was then rescheduled for this event, but this time Knight was removed due to COVID-19 protocols and was replaced by promotional newcomerFabio Cherant.[25] At the weight-ins, Cherant weighted 206.5 pounds, half a pound over the non-title light heavyweight limit. His bout proceeded at a catchweight and he was fined 20% of his individual purse, which went to Menifield.[26]
This was the final event under the UFC's outfitting policy withReebok.[27]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | def. | Stipe Miocic (c) | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:52 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | def. | Tyron Woodley | Submission (brabo choke) | 1 | 3:56 | |
| Bantamweight | Sean O'Malley | def. | Thomas Almeida | KO (punches) | 3 | 3:52 | |
| Women’s Flyweight | Miranda Maverick | def. | Gillian Robertson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jamie Mullarkey | def. | Khama Worthy | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:46 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Catchweight (206.5 lb) | Alonzo Menifield | def. | Fabio Cherant | Submission (shoulder choke) | 1 | 1:11 | |
| Welterweight | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | def. | Jared Gooden | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Michał Oleksiejczuk | def. | Modestas Bukauskas | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Omar Morales | def. | Shane Young | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Marc-André Barriault | def. | Abu Azaitar | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:56 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[29]
