| UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov (also known asUFC on ESPN 48 andUFC Vegas 76) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 1, 2023, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A middleweight bout betweenSean Strickland andAbusupiyan Magomedov headlined the event.[3]
A middleweight bout betweenAbdul Razak Alhassan and Brunno Ferreira was originally expected to take place atUFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill but was moved to this event for unknown reasons.[4] In turn, Alhassan pulled out in late June and was replaced by promotional newcomerNursulton Ruziboev.[5]
Vinc Pichel andBenoît Saint Denis were scheduled to meet in a lightweight bout.[6] However, Pichel pulled out in late-May due to injury and was replaced by Ismael Bonfim.[7]
A flyweight bout between Clayton Carpenter andStephen Erceg was expected to take place at this event, but it was scrapped after Carpenter pulled out due to an undisclosed injury.[8] They were previously scheduled to meet at thesixth season of Dana White's Contender Series in 2022 andUFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill in May 2023, but Erceg pulled out both times due tovisa issues.[9][10] Erceg was rescheduled againstDavid Dvořák atUFC 289.[11]
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters women's featherweight winnerMacy Chiasson was expected to face formerInvicta FC Bantamweight Champion andUFC Women's Featherweight Championship challengerYana Santos in a bantamweight bout at the preliminary card.[12] However, Chiasson pulled out two weeks after the fight announcement and was replaced byKarol Rosa in a featherweight bout.[13]
A featherweight bout between Joanderson Brito and Khusein Askhabov was expected to take place at the event.[14] However, Askhabov withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Westin Wilson.[15]
| Main Card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Sean Strickland | def. | Abusupiyan Magomedov | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:20 | |
| Lightweight | Grant Dawson | def. | Damir Ismagulov | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Michael Morales | def. | Max Griffin | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Ariane Lipski | def. | Melissa Gatto | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Benoît Saint Denis | def. | Ismael Bonfim | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:48 | |
| Middleweight | Nursulton Ruziboev | def. | Brunno Ferreira | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:17 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Rinat Fakhretdinov | def. | Kevin Lee | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:55 | |
| Featherweight | Joanderson Brito | def. | Westin Wilson | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:54 | |
| Women's Featherweight | Karol Rosa | def. | Yana Santos | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Elves Brener | def. | Guram Kutateladze | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:17 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Luana Carolina | def. | Ivana Petrović | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Alexander Romanov | def. | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[17]
