UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler Full Card Preview
With Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reign atop the lightweight division officially over, a new face will be crowned champion on Saturday, May 15, at UFC 262 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Charles Oliveira will meet Michael Chandler for the vacant lightweight belt on the pay-per-view card, scheduled to start at 10 p.m. ET.
While the thrilling co-main event between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz was pushed back to UFC 263, Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush are sure to produce fireworks in the co-main. Headlining the prelim card, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, is “Jacare” Souza taking on Andre Muniz.
Make sure to check out Question Mark Kicks, live on YouTube two hours before fights start Saturday. Also, join Matt and Craig for the Fight Companion, which goes live with the main card of UFC 262.
Lightweight
Sean Soriano (+179)
Record: 14-6 (0-3 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 7 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: def. Noad Lahat (R1 TKO); def. Jose Mariscal (un. dec.); Saul Almeida (R1 TKO)
Christos Giagos (-222)
Record: 18-8 (4-4 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 71.5″
Wins: 7 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: def. Carlton Minus (un. dec.); L to Drakkar Klose (un. dec.); def. Damir Hadzovic (un. dec.)
Lightweight
Kevin Aguilar (-101)
Record: 17-4 (2-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 8 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Charles Rosa (split dec.); L to Zubaira Tukhugov (R1 TKO); L to Dan Ige (un. dec.)
Tucker Lutz (-123)
Record: 11-1 (UFC debut) | Age: 26
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 6 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Sherrard Blackledge (un. dec.); def. Chase Gibson (un. dec.); def. Trevor Thompson (R2 TKO)
Women’s Flyweight
Gina Mazany (-215)
Record: 7-4 (2-4 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 68.5″
Wins: 4 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Rachael Ostovich (R3 TKO); L to Julia Avila (R1 TKO); def. Valerie Barney (R1 TKO)
Priscila Cachoeira (+173)
Record: 9-3 (1-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 65″
Wins: 5 KO | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Shana Dobson (R1 KO); L to Luana Carolina (un. dec.); L to Molly McCann (un. dec.)
Middleweight
Jamie Pickett (-111)
Record: 11-5 (0-1 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 80″
Wins: 8 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: L to Tafon Nchukwi (un. dec.); def. Jhonoven Pati (R2 TKO); def. Jaquis Williams (un. dec.)
Jordan Wright (-111)
Record: 11-1, 1 NC (1-1 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 77″
Wins: 6 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Joaquin Buckley (R2 TKO); def. Ike Villanueva (R1 TKO); def. Gabriel Checco (R2 TKO)
Women’s Flyweight
Andrea Lee (+104)
Record: 11-5 (3-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 69.5″
Wins: 2 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Roxanne Modafferi (un. dec.); L to Lauren Murphy (split dec.); L to Joanne Calderwood (split dec.)
Antonina Schevchenko (-128)
Record: 9-2 (3-2 UFC) | Age: 36
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 3 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: def. Ariane Lipski (R2 TKO); L to Katlyn Chookagian (un. dec.); def. Lucie Pudilova (R2 RNC)
Featherweight
Mike Grundy (-122)
Record: 12-2 (1-1 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 1 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Movsar Evloev (un. dec.); def. Nad Narimani (R2 TKO); def. Fernando Bruno (un. dec.)
Lando Vannata (-101)
Record: 11-5-2 (3-5-2 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 4 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Bobby Green (un. dec.); def. Yancy Medeiros (un. dec.); L to Marc Diakiese (un. dec.)
Middleweight
Ronaldo Souza (-112)
Record: 26-9, 1 NC (9-6 UFC) | Age: 41
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 5 KO, 17 SUB | Losses: 4 KO
Recent fights: L to Kevin Holland (R1 KO); L to Jan Blachowicz (split dec.); L to Jack Hermansson (un. dec.)
Andre Muniz (-110)
Record: 20-4 (2-0 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 78″
Wins: 4 KO, 13 SUB | Losses: 4 KO
Recent fights: def. Bartosz Fabinski (R1 armbar); def. Antonio Arroyo (un. dec.); def. Taylor Johnson (R1 RNC)
Bantamweight
Matt Schnell (-163)
Record: 15-5 (5-3 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 2 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Tyson Nam (split dec.); L to Alexandre Pantoja (R1 KO); def. Jordan Espinosa (R1 triangle)
Rogerio Bontorin (+134)
Record: 16-3, 1 NC (2-2 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 5-5 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 3 KO, 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Kai Kara-France (R1 TKO); L to Ray Borg (un. dec.); def. Raulian Paiva (R1 TKO)
Featherweight
Shane Burgos (-136)
Record: 13-2 (6-2 UFC) | Age: 30
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 5 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Josh Emmett (un. dec.); def. Makwan Amirkhani (R3 TKO); def. Cub Swanson (split dec.)
Edson Barboza (+111)
Record: 21-9 (15-9 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 11 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Makwan Amirkhani (un. dec.); L to Dan Ige (split dec.); L to Paul Felder (split dec.)
Women’s Flyweight
Katlyn Chookagian (-140)
Record: 15-4 (8-4 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 2 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: def. Cynthia Calvillo (un. dec.); L to Jessica Andrade (R1 KO); def. Antonina Shevchenko (un. dec.)
Viviane Araujo (+115)
Record: 10-2 (4-1 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 3 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Roxanne Modafferi (un. dec.); def. Montana De La Rosa (un. dec.); L to Jessica Eye (un. dec.)
Lightweight
Tony Ferguson (+145)
Record: 25-5 (15-3 UFC) | Age: 37
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 11 KO, 9 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Charles Oliveira (un. dec.); L to Justin Gaethje (R5 TKO); def. Donald Cerrone (R2 TKO)
Beneil Dariush (-176)
Record: 20-4-1 (14-4-1 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 5 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Diego Ferreira (split dec.); def. Scott Holtzman (R1 KO); def. Drakkar Klose (R2 KO)
Lightweight Championship
Charles Oliveira (-135)
Record: 30-8, 1 NC (18-8, 1 NC UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 8 KO, 19 SUB | Losses: 4 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: def. Tony Ferugson (un. dec.); def. Kevin Lee (R3 guillotine); def. Jared Gordon (R1 KO)
Michael Chandler (+111)
Record: 22-5 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 10 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 3 KO
Recent fights: def. Dan Hooker (R1 TKO); def. Benson Henderson (R1 TKO); def. Sidney Outlaw (R1 KO)
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