| UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 15, 2016 (cancelled) | |||
| Venue | Mall of Asia Arena | |||
| City | Pasay,Philippines | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn (also known asUFC Fight Night 97) was a plannedmixed martial arts event that was set to be held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on October 15, 2016, at theMall of Asia Arena inPasay,Philippines.[1][2]
The event in Pasay was supposed to be the second that the organization hosted in the Philippines, with the first beingUFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber on May 16, 2015.[1] The entire event was supposed to stream live onUFC Fight Pass.[1]
A featherweight bout between former title challengerRicardo Lamas and formerUFC Lightweight andWelterweight ChampionB.J. Penn was expected to serve as the main event.[3] However, on October 4, Penn pulled out of the fight citing an injury.[4] In turn, the promotion announced on October 6 that they had cancelled the event entirely.[5][6]
The remaining fighters on the card were all awarded their contracted show money despite not competing. All of the fighters on the card were rebooked for future events. This was the third time, followingUFC 151 in September 2012, andUFC 176 in August 2014 that the promotion elected to cancel an event because of a lack of a high-profile fight to fill a main event spot.[5]
A lightweight bout betweenDamir Hadžović and Yusuke Kasuya, initially scheduled forUFC 203, was postponed after Hadžović experienced an issue with his travelvisa. The pairing was rescheduled and was expected to take place at this event.[7]
Mehdi Baghdad was expected to faceJon Tuck at the event. However, Baghdad pulled out of the fight in mid-September citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomerAlexander Volkanovski.[8]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Ricardo Lamas | vs. | B.J. Penn | [a] | |||
| Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | vs. | Marcin Tybura | [b] | |||
| Flyweight | Jenel Lausa | vs. | Yao Zhikui | [c] | |||
| Featherweight | Cole Miller | vs. | Mizuto Hirota | [d] | |||
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Sam Alvey | vs. | Alex Nicholson | [e] | |||
| Lightweight | Jon Tuck | vs. | Alexander Volkanovski | [f] | |||
| Middleweight | Yang Dongi | vs. | Ryan Janes | [g] | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Seo Hee Ham | vs. | Danielle Taylor | [h] | |||
| Welterweight | James Moontasri | vs. | Alex Morono | [i] | |||
| Flyweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | vs. | Ali Bagautinov | [j] | |||
| Lightweight | Damir Hadžović | vs. | Yusuke Kasuya | [k] | |||
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