UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland Full Card Preview
UFC’s busy 2021 continues on Saturday, March 20, with a 12-fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by middleweight contenders Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland hoping to put themselves on the shortlist of possibilities for middleweight champion Israel Adesanya’s next opponent.
Also on the main card is lightweights Gregor Gillespie and Brad Riddell and women’s flyweights Cheyanne Buys and Montserrat Ruiz. Buys’ husband, JP, is on the preliminary card, facing Bruno Silva in a flyweight bout. Both Buys are making their UFC debuts.
Rounding out the main card are bantamweights Adrian Yanez and Gustavo Lopez, welterweights Song Kenan and Max Griffin and heavyweight Tai Tuivasa, who gets short-notice replacement Harry Hunsucker. Read more about Gustavo Lopez’s 2020 and how he’s hoping 2021 goes in our recent feature on the Wsahington state native.
Fights are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET. on ESPN2. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Women’s Bantamweight
Julia Avila (-360)
Record: 8-2 (2-1 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 4 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Sijara Eubanks (un. dec.); def. Gina Mazany (R1 TKO); def. Pannie Kianzad (un. dec.)
Julija Stoliarenko (+277)
Record: 9-4-1 (0-1 UFC) |Age: 27
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 66″
Wins: 9 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Yana Kunitskaya (un. dec.); def. Lisa Verzosa (split dec.); def. Mariam Tatunashvili (R1 armbar)
Flyweight
JP Buys (-170)
Record: 9-2 (UFC debut) |Age: 24
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 4 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Jacob Silva (R1 guillotine); def. Cristian Rodriguez Jr. (R1 TKO); def. Luthando Biko (R4 TKO)
Bruno Silva (+138)
Record: 10-5-2, 1 NC (0-2 , 1 NC UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 65″
Wins: 4 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: L to Tagir Ulanbekov (un. dec.); L to David Dvorak (un. dec.); NC with Khalid Taha (L by R3 arm triangle)
Bantamweight
Montel Jackson (-662)
Record: 9-2 (3-2 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 5 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: L to Brett Johns (un. dec.); def. Felipe Colares (un. dec.); def. Andre Soukhamthath (un. dec.)
Jesse Strader (+460)
Record: 5-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 29
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 4 KO | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Isaiah Batin-Gonzalez (R1 KO); def. Michael Jackson (R2 TKO); L to Marcelo Rojo (R1 TKO)
Middleweight
Trevin Giles (+116)
Record: 13-2 (4-2 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 6 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Bevon Lewis (R3 TKO); def. James Krause (split dec.); L to Gerald Meerschaert (R3 guillotine)
Roman Dolidze (-142)
Record: 8-0 (2-0 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 4 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. John Allan (split dec.); def. Khadis Ibragimov (R1 TKO); def. Michal Pasternak (R3 KO)
Lightweight
Grant Dawson (-214)
Record: 16-1 (4-0 UFC) |Age: 27
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 3 KO, 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Nad Narimani (un. dec.); def. Darrick Minner (R2 RNC); def. Mike Trizano (R2 RNC)
Leonardo Santos (+172)
Record: 18-3-1 (7-0-1 UFC) |Age: 41
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 4 KO, 9 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Roman Bogatov (un. dec.); def. Stevie Ray (R1 KO); def. Adriano Martins (split dec.)
Women’s Bantamweight
Marion Reneau (+169)
Record: 9-6-1 (5-5-1 UFC) |Age: 43
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 5 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 6 DEC
Recent fights: L to Raquel Pennington (un. dec.); L to Yana Kunitskaya (un. dec.); L to Cat Zingano (un. dec.)
Macy Chiasson (-209)
Record: 6-1 (4-1 UFC) |Age: 29
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 2 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Shanna Young (un. dec.); L to Lina Lansberg (un. dec.); def. Sarah Moras (R2 TKO)
Heavyweight
Tai Tuivasa (n/a)
Record: 11-3 (4-3 UFC) |Age: 27
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 10 KO | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Stefan Struve (R1 TKO); L to Sergey Spivak (R2 arm triangle); L to Blagoy Ivanov (un. dec.)
Harry Hunsucker (n/a)
Record: 7-3 (UFC debut) |Age: 32
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 2 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Cory Moon (R1 TKO); L to Jared Vanderaa (R1 TKO); def. Jordan Mitchell (R1 kimura)
Welterweight
Max Griffin (-191)
Record: 16-8 (4-6 UFC) |Age: 35
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 8 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Ramiz Brahimaj (R3 TKO); L to Alex Oliveira (split dec.); L to Alex Morono (un. dec.)
Song Kenan (+156)
Record: 16-5 (4-1 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 71.5″
Wins: 8 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: def. Callan Potter (R1 TKO); def. Derrick Krantz (un. dec.); L to Alex Morono (un. dec.)
Bantamweight
Adrian Yanez (-212)
Record: 12-3 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 27
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 70.5″
Wins: 7 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 3 DEC
Recent fights: def. Victor Rodriguez (R1 KO); def. Brady Huang (R1 TKO); def. Kyle Estrada (split dec.)
Gustavo Lopez (+171)
Record: 12-5 (1-1 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 5-5 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 5 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: def. Anthony Birchak (R1 RNC); L to Merab Dvalishvili (un. dec.); def. Joey Ruquet (R1 KO)
Women’s Flyweight
Cheyanne Buys (-361)
Record: 5-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 25
Height: 5-3 | Reach: 63″
Wins: 1 KO | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Hilarie Rose (un. dec.); def. Rebecca Adney (un. dec.); def. Lindsay Garbatt (un. dec.)
Montserrat Ruiz (+278)
Record: 9-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 28
Height: 5-0 | Reach: 61″
Wins: 2 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Janaisa Morandin (R1 keylock); L to Danielle Taylor (un. dec.); def. Sarai Saenz (un. dec.)
Lightweight
Gregor Gillespie (-243)
Record: 13-1 (6-1 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 6 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Kevin Lee (R1 KO); def. Yancy Medeiros (R2 TKO); def. Vinc Pichel (R2 arm triangle)
Brad Riddell (+193)
Record: 9-1 (3-0 UFC) |Age: 29
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 71.5″
Wins: 5 KO | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Alex da Silva (un. dec.); def. Magomed Mustafaev (split dec.); def. Jamie Mullarkey (un. dec.)
Middleweight
Derek Brunson (+141)
Record: 21-7 (12-5 UFC) |Age: 37
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 77″
Wins: 11 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 5 KO
Recent fights: def. Edmen Shahbazyan (R3 TKO); def. Ian Heinisch (un. dec.); def. Elias Theodorou (un. dec.)
Kevin Holland (-172)
Record: 21-5 (8-2 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 81″
Wins: 11 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Ronaldo Souza (R1 KO); def. Charlie Ontiveros (R1 verbal sub); def. Darren Stewart (split dec.)
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