THE RETURN TO THE NORTH! 🇨🇦
We’re back in Canada with
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— UFC (@ufc)
August 15, 2024
A women’s flyweight clash pitting Erin
Blanchfield against Rose
Namajunas will serve as the main event for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Edmonton on Nov.
2.
UFC CEO Dana White initially confirmed the news to Sportsnet on
Wednesday night. In the co-main event, Derrick
Lewis will square off against Alexander
Romanov at heavyweight. The UFC Fight Night event will be held
at Rogers Place and will also include the following four bouts:
Ariane da Silva vs. Jasmine
Jasudavicius; Marc-Andre
Barriault vs. Dustin
Stoltzfus; Jamey-Lyn
Horth vs. Ivana
Petrovic and Chad
Anheliger vs. Cody
Gibson.
GET READY EDMONTON! 🗣️
In an interview with @aaronbronsteter,
@danawhite
announces that Rogers Place will be the home of UFC Fight Night on
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024. pic.twitter.com/sXL0IGsIPJ— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet)
August 15, 2024
Blanchfield began her Octagon tenure with six consecutive triumphs
— besting the likes of Jessica
Andrade and Taila
Santos — before falling to Manon
Fiorot via unanimous decision in the UFC on ESPN 54 headliner
on March 30.
A two-time strawweight champion, Namajunas dropped a three-round
verdict to Fiorot in her 125-pound debut. “Thug” Rose has since
rebounded to post decision triumphs over Amanda
Ribas and Tracy
Cortez in her next two flyweight appearances.
Lewis, the UFC’s all-time knockout leader with 15, has won two of
his last three promotional outings. Most recently, “The Black
Beast” scored a third-round TKO of Rodrigo
Nascimento in the UFC on ESPN 56 headliner on May 11.
Romanov began his professional career with 16 straight wins, a run
that included five straight triumphs in UFC competition. “King
Kong” has fallen on hard times recently, losing three of his last
four. In his last outing, Romanov suffered a first-round submission
loss to Jailton
Almeida at UFC 302.
Erin Blanchfield vs Rose Namajunas