UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate Full Card Preview
Regardless of your feelings about the headlining fight of UFC Vegas 43, the 12-fight card is still loaded with talent and exciting fights.
Bantamweights Miesha Tate and Ketlen Vieira will fight at the top of the card, with welterweights Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady in a three-round co-main event. The event features three fighters from Washington state (Tate, Chiesa and Terrance McKinney) and four women’s fights.
The card is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 20, at the UFC Apex. Check out Question Mark Kicks, live on YouTube two hours before the event for Matt and Craig’s final thoughts.
Women’s Strawweight
Luana Pinheiro (-413)
Record: 9-1 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 62″
Wins: 2 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Randa Markos (R1 disqualification); def. Stephanie Frausto (R1 KO); def. Helen Harper (R1 KO)
Sam Hughes (+315)
Record: 5-3 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 5-5 | Reach: 64.5″
Wins: 1 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Loma Lookboonmee (un. dec.); L to Tecia Torres (R1 doctor stoppage); def. Danielle Hindley (R1 guillotine)
Featherweight
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (+224)
Record: 19-7 (0-1 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 9 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: L to Joshua Culibao (un. dec.); def. Tanzhao Wang (R1 RNC); def. Nuedebieke Bahetihan (un. dec.)
Sean Soriano (-282)
Record: 14-7 (0-4 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 7 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 5 SUB
Recent fights: L to Christos Giagos (R2 d’arce); def. Noah Lahat (R1 KO); def. Jose Mariscal (un. dec.)
Flyweight
Cody Durden (-155)
Record: 11-3-1 (0-1-1 UFC) | Age: 30
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 5 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: L to Jimmy Flick (R1 flying triangle); Draw with Chris Gutierrez (un. dec.); def. John Sweeney (R1 KO)
Aoriqileng (+128)
Record: 18-8 (0-1 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 69.5″
Wins: 6 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 3 SUB
Recent fights: L to Jeff Molina (un. dec.); def. Khizri Abdulaev (R2 KO); def. Amirlan Amirov (un. dec.)
Lightweight
Terrance McKinney (-114)
Record: 11-3 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 5 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Matt Frevola (R1 KO); def. Michael Irizarry Ortiz (R1 KO); def. Toninho Gavinho (R1 KO)
Fares Ziam (-108)
Record: 12-3 (2-1 UFC) | Age: 24
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 4 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Luigi Vendramini (maj. dec.); def. Jamie Mullarkey (un. dec.); L to Don Madge (un. dec.)
Women’s Strawweight
Loma Lookboonmee (+132)
Record: 6-2 (3-1 UFC) | Age: 25
Height: 5-1 | Reach: 62″
Wins: 1 KO | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Sam Hughes (un. dec.); def. Jinh Yu Frey (un. dec.); L to Angela Hill (un dec.)
Lupita Godinez (-159)
Record: 6-2 (1-2 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 5-2 | Reach: 61″
Wins: 2 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: L to Luana Carolina (un. dec.); def. Silvana Gomez Juarez (R1 armbar); L to Jessica Penne (split dec.)
Lightweight
Rafa Garcia (-121)
Record: 12-2 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 1 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: L to Chris Gruetzemacher (un. dec.); L to Nasrat Haqparast (un. dec.); def. Humberto Bandenay (un. dec.)
Natan Levy (+100)
Record: 6-0 (UFC debut) | Age: 30
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 3 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Shaheen Santana (R3 arm triangle); def. Ben Lugo (maj. dec.); def. Nick Badis (un. dec.)
Featherweight
Tucker Lutz (+116)
Record: 12-1 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 6 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Kevin Aguilar (un. dec.); def. Sherrard Blackledge (un. dec.); def. Chase Gibson (un. dec.)
Pat Sabatini (-142)
Record: 15-3 (2-0 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 1 KO, 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Jamall Emmers (R1 heel hook); def. Tristan Connelly (un. dec.); def. Jesse Stirn (R2 armbar)
Bantamweight
Adrian Yanez (-288)
Record: 14-3 (3-0 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 9 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 3 DEC
Recent fights: def. Randy Costa (R2 KO); def. Gustavo Lopez (R3 KO); def. Victor Rodriguez (R1 KO)
Davey Grant (+229)
Record: 11-5 (4-4 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 3 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 4 SUB
Recent fights: L to Marlon Vera (un. dec.); def. Jonathan Martinez (R2 KO); def. Martin Day (R3 KO)
Women’s Flyweight
Joanne Wood (+267)
Record: 15-6 (7-6 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 65.5″
Wins: 5 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 3 SUB
Recent fights: L to Lauren Murphy (split dec.); def. Jessica Eye (un. dec.); L to Jennifer Maia (R1 armbar)
Taila Santos (-344)
Record: 18-1 (3-1 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 10 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Roxanne Modafferi (un. dec.); def. Gillian Robertson (un. dec.); def. Molly McCann (un. dec.)
Bantamweight
Rani Yahya (-109)
Record: 27-10-1 (12-4-1 UFC) | Age: 36
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 21 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Ray Rodriguez (R2 arm triangle); Draw with Enrique Barzola (maj. dec.); L to Ricky Simon (un. dec.)
Kyung Ho Kang (-112)
Record: 17-8 (6-2 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 2 KO, 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Pingyuan Liu (split dec.); def. Brandon Davis (split dec.); def. Teruto Ishihara (R1 RNC)
Welterweight
Michael Chiesa (+133)
Record: 17-5 (11-5 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 11 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: L to Vicente Luque (R1 d’arce); def. Neil Magny (un. dec.); def. Rafael dos Anjos (un. dec.)
Sean Brady (-162)
Record: 14-0 (4-0 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 3 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Jake Matthews (R3 arm triangle); def. Christian Aguilera (R2 guillotine); def. Ismail Naurdiev (un. dec.)
Women’s Bantamweight
Ketlen Vieira (-121)
Record: 11-2 (5-2 UFC) | Age: 30
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 68″
Wins: 2 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Yana Kunitskaya (un. dec.); def. Sijara Eubanks (un. dec.): L to Irene Aldana (R1 KO)
Miesha Tate (-101)
Record: 19-7 (6-4 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 66.5″
Wins: 4 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: def. Marion Reneau (R3 TKO); L to Raquel Pennington (un. dec.); L to Amanda Nunes (R1 RNC)
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