UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs Cortez, July 13, 2024(Denver)

UFC Denver Fight Night event will take place at The Ball Arena in Denver, CO, on July 13, 2024. The event is also known as UFC Fight Night 243 or UFC on ESPN 59. Rose Namajunas vs Tracy Cortez women’s flyweight bout is set to be the main event.

The event is expected to start with the prelims card at 7 PM ET and the main card at 10 PM ET. It will be available to watch on ESPN+ Streaming in the United States and also on ESPN on TV. UFC Fight Pass will present the event in several parts of the World. TNT Sports will air the event in the UK.

FIGHT CARD

PRELIMS

#Fight 1: Evan Elder vs Darrius Flowers – Welterweight Bout

• Evan Elder won via submission at 1:46 of Round 2

#Fight 2: Andre Petroski vs Josh Fremd – Middleweight Bout

• Andre Petroski won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

#Fight 3: Luana Santos vs Mariya Agapova – Women’s Flyweight Bout

• Luana Santos won via submission at 1:37 of Round 1

#Fight 4: Montel Jackson vs Damon Blackshear – Bantamweight Bout

• Montel Jackson won via KO at 0:18 of Round 1

#Fight 5: Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Fatime Kline – Women’s Flyweight Bout

• Jasmine Jasudavicius won via unnaimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

#Fight 6: Joshua Van vs Charles Johnson – Flyweight Bout

• Charles Johnson won via KO at 0:20 of Round 3

Main Card

#Fight 7: Cody Brundage vs Abdul Razak Alhassan – Middleweight Bout

• Cody Brundage vs Abdul Razak Alhassan ends in a no contest at 0:37 of Round 1

#Fight 8: Julian Erosa vs Christian Rodriguez – Featherweight Bout

• Julian Erosa won via submission at 4:49 of round 1

#Fight 9: Gabriel Bonfim vs Ange Loosa – Welterweight Bout

• Gabriel Bonfim won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

#Fight 10: Drew Dober vs Jean Silva – Lightweight Bout

• Jean Silva won via TKO at 1:28 of Round 3

#Fight 11: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Muslim Salikhov – Welterweight Bout

• Muslim Salikhov won via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

#Fight 12(Main Event): Tracy Cortez vs Rose Namajunas – Women’s Flyweight Bout

• Rose Namajunas won via unanimous decision (40-46, 49-46, 48-47)

CANCELED BOUT

• Nazim Sadykhov vs Marquel Mederos (Mederos pulled out due to unknown reason)
• Drew Dober vs Mike Davis (Davis pulled out due to Torn Bicep)
• Chris Duncan vs Nazim Sadykhov (Duncan pulled out due to Staph Infection)
• Maycee Barber vs Rose Namajunas (Barber pulled out due to unknown reason)
• Mike Malott vs Gilbert Urbina(Urbina pulled out with unknown reason)
• Viviane Araujo vs Jasmine Jasudavicius(Araujo pulled out with unknown reason)

NOTES

In early April 2024, a bout between Viviane Araujo and Jasmine Jasdavicious was reported for a Fight Night event on July 13. This was the first instance of this event being mentioned.

On May 13, MMA Reporter Ariel Helwani tweeted that a flyweight bout between Maycee Barber vs Rose Namajunas was expected to headline Fight Night on July 13 which would take place in Denver, CO. UFC President Dana White revealed on June 4 that the event would take place at Ball Arena in Denver while also confirming the main event to be Barber vs Namajunas. Three weeks before the event, Barber pulled out of the bout. Tracy Cortez came in as a replacement.

Chris Duncan and Nazim Sadykhov were booked in a lightweight bout. However, Duncan pulled out of the bout due to a staph infection and was replaced by Marquel Mederos.

Another lightweight bout was set between Drew Dober and Mike Davis. But, Davis was forced to withdraw due to a torn bicep.

Mike Malott vs Gilbert Urbina welterweight bout was scheduled for the event but Urbina pulled out with unknown reason two weeks in advance. Malott also withdrew from the event due to some injury suffered during training.

Viviane Araujo vs Jasmine Jasudavicius flyweight bout was set for the event. Araujo pulled out of the bout one week before and Fatime Kline came in as her replacement.