UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny Full Card Preview
A mid-week Fight Night card is on tap as the UFC starts 2021 with a three-card week. The Wednesday card is highlighted by ranked welterweights Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny. Also on the 14-fight card, scheduled for 9 a.m. ET, are up-and-coming welterweights Warrley Alves and Mounir Lazzez. Fan favorite Roxanne Modafferi faces Viviane Araujo as the only women’s fight on the main card. Light heavyweights Ike Villanueva and Vinicius Moreira will bring the boom on the main card. Tyson Nam makes a drop to flyweight to face Matt Schnell and Lerone Murphy meets Douglas Andrade in a featherweight scrap to cap the main card. The main card starts 9 a.m. ET on ESPN.
Bantamweight
Umar Nurmagomedov (-516)
Record: 12-0 (UFC debut) |Age: 25
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 1 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Braian Gonzalez (R1 RNC); def. Sidemar Honorio (un. dec.); def. Taras Gryskiv (R1 RNC)
Sergey Morozov (+376)
Record: 16-3 (UFC debut) |Age: 31
Height: 5-6 | Reach: n/a
Wins: 8 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Josh Rettinghouse (un. dec.); def. Aleksandr Osetrov (R4 TKO); def. Bakhytbek Duishobaev (R1 TKO)
Women’s Flyweight
Victoria Leonardo (+144)
Record: 8-2 (UFC debut) |Age: 30
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 64″
Wins: 1 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Chelsea Hackett (R2 TKO); def. Liz Tracy (un. dec.); L to Erin Blanchfield (R2 KO)
Manon Fiorot (-174)
Record: 5-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 30
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 59″
Wins: 4 KO | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Gabriela Campo (R1 TKO); def. Naomi Tataroglu (R2 TKO); def. Corinne Laframboise (R3 TKO)
Flyweight
Tyson Nam (-133)
Record: 20-11-1 (2-2 UFC) |Age: 37
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 12 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 3 KO
Recent fights: def. Jerome Rivera (R2 TKO); def. Zarrukh Adashev (R1 KO); L to Kai Kara-France (un. dec.)
Matt Schnell (+108)
Record: 14-5 (4-2 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 2 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Alexandre Pantoja (R1 KO); def. Jordan Espinosa (R1 triangle choke); def. Louis Smolka (R1 triangle choke)
Lightweight
Mike Davis (-193)
Record: 8-2 (1-1 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 7 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Thomas Gifford (R3 KO); L to Gilbert Burns (R2 RNC); def. Carlos Guerra (R1 kimura)
Mason Jones (+158)
Record: 10-0 (UFC debut) |Age: 25
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 4 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Adam Proctor (R1 TKO); def. Joe McColgan (R1 TKO); def. Aleksi Mantykivi (un. dec.)
Bantamweight
Jerome Rivera (+119)
Record: 10-3 (0-1 UFC) |Age: 25
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 7 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Tyson Nam (R2 TKO); def. Luis Rodriguez (un. dec.); def. Kendrick Latchman (R2 mounted triangle)
Francisco Figueiredo (-145)
Record: 11-3-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 31
Height: 5-6 | Reach: n/a
Wins: 3 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: Draw with Eduardo Souza (un. dec.); def. Manoel dos Santos (TKO); def. Vitor Leandro (TKO)
Middleweight
Dalcha Lungiambula (-137)
Record: 10-2 (1-1 UFC) |Age: 35
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 5 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Magomed Ankalaev (R3 KO); def. Dequan Townsend (R3 TKO); def. Andrew van Zyl (split dec.)
Markus Perez (+112)
Record: 12-4 (2-4 UFC) |Age: 30
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 73.5″
Wins: 3 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Dricus Du Plessis (R1 KO); L to Wellington Turman (un. dec.); def. Anthony Hernandez (R2 anaconda)
Flyweight
Su Mudaerji (-400)
Record: 13-4 (2-1 UFC) |Age: 24
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 11 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 4 SUB
Recent fights: def. Malcolm Gordon (R1 TKO); def. Andre Soukhamthath (un. dec.); L to Louis Smolka (R2 armbar)
Zarrukh Adashev (+304)
Record: 3-2 (0-1 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 65″
Wins: 2 KO | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Tyson Nam (R1 KO); def. Tevin Dyce (R2 TKO); def. Ron Leon (un. dec.)
Bantamweight
Ricky Simon (-359)
Record: 16-3 (4-2 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 6 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Ray Borg (split dec.); L to Rob Font (un. dec.); L to Urijah Faber (R1 TKO)
Gaetano Pirrello (+274)
Record: 15-5-1 (UFC debut) |Age: 28
Height: 5-7 | Reach: n/a
Wins: 11 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: def. Enzo Maria Iezzi (R1 KO); def. Percy Herrera (R1 TKO); L to Joziro Boye (TKO)
Middleweight
Omari Akhmedov (+129)
Record: 20-5-1 (8-4 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 7 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: L to Chris Weidman (un. dec.); def. Ian Heinisch (un. dec); def. Zak Cummings (un. dec.)
Tom Breese (-157)
Record: 12-2 (5-2 UFC) |Age: 29
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 73.5″
Wins: 5 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. KB Bhullar (R1 TKO); L to Brendan Allen (R1 TKO); def. Daniel Kelly (R1 TKO)
Featherweight
Lerone Murphy (-285)
Record: 9-0-1 (1-0-1 UFC) |Age: 29
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 73.5″
Wins: 6 KO | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Ricardo Ramos (R1 TKO); Draw with Zubaira Tukhugov (split dec.); def. Manolo Scianna (R1 TKO)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (+226)
Record: 26-3 (4-3 UFC) |Age: 35
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 68.5″
Wins: 19 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Renan Barao (un. dec.); L to Petr Yan (R2 TKO); def. Marlon Vera (un. dec.)
Women’s Flyweight
Roxanne Modafferi (+261)
Record: 25-17 (4-4 UFC) |Age: 38
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 4 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: def. Andrea Lee (un. dec.); L to Lauren Murphy (un. dec.); def. Maycee Barber (un. dec.)
Viviane Araujo (-340)
Record: 9-2 (3-1 UFC) |Age: 34
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 3 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Montana De La Rosa (un. dec.); L to Jessica Eye (un. dec.); def. Alexis Davis (un. dec.)
Light Heavyweight
Ike Villanueva (-139)
Record: 16-11 (0-2 UFC) |Age: 36
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 13 KO | Losses: 5 KO, 5 SUB
Recent fights: L to Jordan Wright (R1 TKO); L to Chase Sherman (R2 TKO); def. Rashad Coulter (R1 TKO)
Vinicius Moreira (+113)
Record: 9-4 (0-3 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 6-4 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 1 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Paul Craig (R1 RNC); L to Eryk Anders (R1 TKO); L to Alonzo Menifield (R1 TKO)
Welterweight
Warrley Alves (+179)
Record: 13-4 (7-4 UFC) |Age: 30
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 3 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Randy Brown (R2 triangle); def. Sergio Moraes (R3 KO); L to James Krause (R2 TKO)
Mounir Lazzez (-223)
Record: 10-1 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 8 KO | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Abdul Razak Alhassan (un. dec.); def. Arber Murati (R1 TKO); def. Sasha Palatnikov (R1 TKO)
Welterweight
Michael Chiesa (+111)
Record: 16-4 (10-4 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: def. Rafael dos Anjos (un. dec.); def. Diego Sanchez (un. dec.); def. Carlos Condit (R2 kimura)
Neil Magny (-137)
Record: 24-7 (17-6 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 80″
Wins: 7 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: def. Robbie Lawler (un. dec.); def. Anthony Rocco Martin (un. dec.); def. Jingliang Li (un. dec.)
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