The Lone Star State is becoming a popular destination for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.
The Las Vegas-based promotion will head to the Texas capital of
Austin on June 18 for a Fight Night event.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the location and date of the
card. UFC
Austin does not currently have a headliner, but several bouts
have been reported for that date, including Cody
Stamann vs. Eddie
Wineland at bantamweight, Damir
Ismagulov vs. Guram
Kutateladze at lightweight, Kyle
Daukaus vs. Roman
Dolidze at middleweight and Phil Hawes
vs. Deron Winn
at middleweight, to name a few.
The event will mark the fourth time the promotion has held an event
in Austin. In 2010, UFC Fight Night 22 saw Nate
Marquardt defeat Rousimar
Palhares via first-round TKO, while the UFC Fight Night 57 main
event in November 2014 saw Frankie
Edgar submit Cub Swanson
in the waning seconds of the fifth round. Finally, Donald
Cerrone stopped Yancy
Medeiros in the opening stanza of their featured bout at UFC
Fight Night 126 in February 2018. All three Austin events were held
at the Frank Erwin Center.
UFC Austin will be the organization’s third non-pay-per-view event
held in front of a live audience after traveling to London for UFC
Fight Night 204 on March 19 and to Columbus, Ohio, for UFC on ESPN
33 on March 26. The UFC has made regular trips to the Toyota Center
in Houston for pay-per-view cards as part of a
multi-event partnership with the venue.