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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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