| UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 15, 2025 (2025-02-15) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues (also known asUFC Fight Night 251 andUFC Vegas 102 andUFC on ESPN+ 109) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 15, 2025, at theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States.[2]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight Championship challengerJared Cannonier and formerLFA Middleweight ChampionGregory Rodrigues headlined the event.[3]
A women's flyweight bout betweenThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes flyweight winner Juliana Miller and Carli Judice was scheduled for this event.[4] However, Miller withdrew from the fight due to an injury, so the bout was scrapped and Judice was booked for another event.[5]
A middleweight bout betweenJacob Malkoun andRodolfo Vieira was scheduled for this event.[6] However, Malkoun withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury.[7] He was replaced byAndre Petroski.[8]
A welterweight bout betweenRinat Fakhretdinov and formerLFA Welterweight Champion Gabriel Bonfim was scheduled for this event.[9] However, Fakhretdinov withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced byKhaos Williams.[10]
A welterweight bout between Billy Goff and Nikolay Veretennikov was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Veretennikov withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons and Goff was moved toUFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song one week later to face Adam Fugitt as a replacement.[12]
A lightweight bout betweenJared Gordon and Kauê Fernandes was scheduled for this event.[13] However, Fernandes withdrew from the fight due to visa issues and was replaced by promotional newcomer Mashrabjon Ruziboev.[14] In turn, although Gordon made weight, the bout was cancelled due to Ruziboev's illness.[15]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Jared Cannonier | def. | Gregory Rodrigues | TKO (punches) | 4 | 0:21 | |
| Featherweight | Youssef Zalal | def. | Calvin Kattar | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Edmen Shahbazyan | def. | Dylan Budka | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:34 | |
| Lightweight | Nazim Sadykhov | def. | Ismael Bonfim | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Andre Petroski | def. | Rodolfo Vieira | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Jose Delgado | def. | Connor Matthews | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:58 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Angela Hill | def. | Ketlen Souza | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Rafael Estevam | def. | Jesús Santos Aguilar | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Gabriel Bonfim | def. | Khaos Williams | Technical Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | 4:58 | |
| Bantamweight | Elijah Smith | def. | Vince Morales | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Valter Walker | def. | Don'Tale Mayes | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:17 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Jacqueline Cavalcanti | def. | Julia Avila | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[17]
