The UFC has came upon its essential occasion for UFC Vegas 73 on Would possibly fair 20.
The promotion introduced in an announcement that Raquel Pennington vs. Irene Aldana has been booked to headline the cardboard on Would possibly fair 20 from the UFC Apex. The fight serves as a rematch of their fight again in July of 2019 in a scrap that Pennington gained by split decision.
5 rounds for the rematch!@RockyPMMA and @IreneAldana_ will bustle it again in our Would possibly fair 20th essential occasion! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1GTQQTS5Dz
— UFC (@ufc) April 19, 2023
Raquel Pennington (15-8) is using a five-fight procure inch and picked up a split decision procure over Ketlen Vieira again in January. Pennington is currently ranked 2d at bantamweight and also on the procure inch she has wins over Aspen Ladd, Macy Chiasson, Pannie Kianzad, and Mario Reneau. This could be Pennington’s 2d UFC essential occasion as she headlined UFC 224 in opposition to Amanda Nunes for the belt the place she lost by TKO.
Irene Aldana (14-6) is coming off a KO procure over Macy Chiasson again at UFC 279 in September. Forward of that, she scored a TKO procure over Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 264. The Mexican is currently ranked fifth at bantamweight and this is in a position to presumably presumably also be her 2d UFC essential occasion. In her first essential occasion, she dropped a call to Holly Holm in October of 2020 which used to be her closing loss. Within the Las Vegas-based mostly promotion, Aldana is 7-4 with notable wins over Ketlen Vieira by KO, Bethe Correia, and Lucie Pudilova among others.
Alongside side the first occasion, the UFC also introduced a welterweight fight between Joaquin Buckley and Andre Fialho. This fight will be Buckley’s first welterweight fight in the UFC as he enters the scrap coming off again-to-again losses to Chris Curtis and Nassourdine Imavov. Andre Fialho, in the meantime, will more than likely be on a two-fight shedding skid and is true 2-3 in the UFC.
The other fight introduced for UFC Vegas 73 is any other welterweight scrap between Orion Cosce and Gilbert Urbina. Cosce is coming off his first procure within the Octagon as he beat Blood Diamond by decision closing July. Urbina, in the meantime, is coming off a submission loss to Bryan Fight in the TUF 29 finale again in August of 2021.
With the addition of these three fights, UFC Vegas 73 is now as follows:
- Raquel Pennington vs. Irene Aldana
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Andre Fialho
- Orion Cosce vs. Gilbert Urbina
- Diego Ferreira vs. Michael Johnson
- Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Brunno Ferreira
- Ilir Latifi vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Hayisaer Maheshate
- Nick Fiore vs. Scuttle Hooper
- Victoria Leonardo vs. Natalia Silva
Who end you convey wins the Would possibly fair 20 essential occasion between Raquel Pennington and Irene Aldana?
