| UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 6, 2024 (2024-04-06) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2 (also known asUFC Fight Night 240, UFC on ESPN+ 98 andUFC Vegas 90) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 6, 2024, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2][3]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight Championship challengerMarvin Vettori and formerLFA Middleweight ChampionBrendan Allen was expected to headline the event.[4] However on March 14, it was announced that Vettori was out due to an injury.[5] He was replaced byChris Curtis.[6] The pair previously met atUFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo in December 2021, which Curtis won by second round TKO.[7]
A featherweight bout between Morgan Charrière andChoi Seung-woo was scheduled for this event.[8] However, Choi withdrew for unknown reason and was replaced by Chepe Mariscal.[9]
A middleweight bout between Josh Fremd andCésar Almeida was scheduled for the event.[10] However, Fremd withdrew from the event for unknown reasons and was replaced by Dylan Budka.[11]
Jose Johnson and Lucas Rocha were expected to meet in a flyweight bout.[12] However, Johnson pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced byJoshua Van.[13] In turn, Rocha withdrew due to injury and the bout was scrapped.[14]
Alateng Heili was expected to face Victor Hugo in a bantamweight bout at the event.[15]However, Alateng pulled out due to illness on fight week and promotional newcomer Pedro Falcão stepped in as a replacement on three days' notice.[16][17]
At the weigh-ins, four fighters missed weight:
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Brendan Allen | def. | Chris Curtis | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (147.5 lb) | Damon Jackson | def. | Alexander Hernandez | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Chepe Mariscal | def. | Morgan Charrière | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Ignacio Bahamondes | def. | Christos Giagos | KO (head kick) | 1 | 3:34 | |
| Lightweight | Charlie Campbell | def. | Trevor Peek | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alex Morono | def. | Court McGee | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Łukasz Brzeski | def. | Valter Walker | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Norma Dumont | def. | Germaine de Randamie | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Victor Hugo | def. | Pedro Falcão | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Jean Matsumoto | def. | Dan Argueta | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:59 | |
| Middleweight | César Almeida | def. | Dylan Budka | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:13 | |
| Catchweight (138.5 lb) | Nora Cornolle | def. | Melissa Mullins | TKO (knee to the body and head kicks) | 2 | 3:06 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[20]
