The UFC
260 card will not look anything like it was originally intended
to look, but that’s normal in this day and age.
The promotion recently confirmed multiple updates to Saturday’s
card, which will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two
scheduled women’s strawweight bouts – Hannah
Goldy vs. Jessica
Penne and Randa
Markos vs. Luana
Pinheiro – have been moved to different events as a result of
COVID-19 protocols. Goldy vs. Penne is now set for UFC on ESPN 22
on April 17, while Markos vs. Pinheiro will go down at UFC Fight
Night “Reyes vs. Prochazka” on May 1.
Meanwhile, William
Knight has been pulled from a proposed light heavyweight
matchup against Alonzo
Menifield and will instead face Da Un Jung
at UFC on ABC 2 on April 10. Knight is a replacement for Shamil
Gamzatov, who couldn’t fight Jung due to visa issues. Menifield
will remain on the UFC 260 lineup and lock horns with Dana White’s
Contender Series alum Fabio
Cherant.
UFC 260 is headlined by a heavyweight championship rematch between
Stipe
Miocic and Francis
Ngannou. After the announcement over the weekend that a
featherweight title showdown pitting Alexander
Volkanovski against Brian
Ortega would be postponed due to COVID-19 protocols, it is
expected that a welterweight clash between Tyron
Woodley and Vicente
Luque will serve as the new co-headliner. The following three
bouts round out the pay-per-view main card, according to UFC.com:
Sean
O’Malley vs. Thomas
Almeida at bantamweight; Gillian
Robertson vs. Miranda
Maverick at flyweight and Jamie
Mullarkey vs. Khama
Worthy at lightweight.
UFC 260 airs on pay-per-view via ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Prelims begin on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m ET/4 p.m. PT.