| UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 8, 2024 (2024-6-8) | |||
| Venue | KFC Yum! Center | |||
| City | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Attendance | 19,578[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,500,652[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov (also known asUFC on ESPN 57) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 8, 2024, at theKFC Yum! Center inLouisville, Kentucky, United States.[2]
The event marked the promotion's second visit to Louisville and first sinceUFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in March 2011.[2]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight Championship challengerJared Cannonier andNassourdine Imavov headlined the event.[3]
A bantamweight bout betweenRaul Rosas Jr. andThe Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios took place at the event.[4] They were originally scheduled to meet atUFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on February 24, but Rosas Jr. was forced to withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the pairing was initially pushed back one week toUFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev before it was ultimately cancelled by the promotion.[5][6]
A middleweight bout betweenRoman Dolidze andMichel Pereira was briefly announced as part of the event.[7] However, Pereira claimed he never signed any contracts for the fight and the bout fell through.[8]
At the weigh-ins, Eduarda Moura weighed in at 116.5 pounds, half a pound over the women's strawweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Moura was fined 20 percent of her purse which went to her opponentDenise Gomes.[9]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Nassourdine Imavov | def. | Jared Cannonier | TKO (punches) | 4 | 1:34 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Dominick Reyes | def. | Dustin Jacoby | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Raul Rosas Jr. | def. | Ricky Turcios | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:22 | |
| Middleweight | Brunno Ferreira | def. | Dustin Stoltzfus | KO (spinning back elbow) | 1 | 4:51 | |
| Middleweight | Zachary Reese | def. | Julian Marquez | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 0:20 | |
| Welterweight | Punahele Soriano | def. | Miguel Baeza | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Ľudovít Klein | def. | Thiago Moisés | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Carlos Prates | def. | Charles Radtke | KO (knee to the body) | 1 | 4:47 | |
| Bantamweight | Brad Katona | def. | Jesse Butler | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Montana De La Rosa | def. | Andrea Lee | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Daniel Marcos | def. | John Castañeda | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (116.5 lb) | Denise Gomes | def. | Eduarda Moura | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Taylor Lapilus | def. | Cody Stamann | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Puja Tomar | def. | Rayanne dos Santos | Decision (split) (30–27, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[11]
The following is the reported payout to the athletes as reported to the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission (KBWC). It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC.[12]
