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UFC Fight Night 157: Andrade vs. Zhang is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to take place on August 31, 2019 at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre Arena in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.


Fight Card

Fight Card (ESPN+)

Women's Strawweight Jéssica Andrade (c) vs. Zhang Weili For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship
Welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Li Jingliang
Flyweight Kai Kara-France vs. Mark De La Rosa
Women's Flyweight Wu Yanan vs. Mizuki Inoue

Preliminary Card (ESPN)

Welterweight Song Kenan vs. Derrick Krantz
Middleweight Anthony Hernandez vs. Jun Yong Park
Bantamweight Su Mudaerji vs. Andre Soukhamthath
Light Heavyweight Da Un Jung vs. Khadis Ibragimov
Lightweight Damir Ismagulov vs. Thiago Moises
Women's Bantamweight Karolline Rosa Cavedo vs. Lara Fritzen Procopio
Bantamweight Batgerel Danaa vs. Heili Alateng


Background

The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Shenzhen.

A UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current champion Jéssica Andrade and Weili Zhang has been slated to serve as the event's headliner.

A flyweight bout between Luana Carolina and Yanan Wu has been rescheduled and is expected to take place at the event. The pairing was first scheduled to take place at UFC 237. However, Wu pulled out of the bout due to injury and she was replaced by Priscila Cachoeira. In turn, Luana suffered from a Fractured spine and was forced to pull from the event and Luana was replaced by Mizuki Inoue.

A welterweight bout between Li Jingliang and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was initially scheduled to take place in November of 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2. However, Santos pulled out of the contest on October 27 due to a knee injury. He was replaced by David Zawada. The pairing has been rescheduled for this event.

A light heavyweight bout between Saparbek Safarov and Da Un Jung was scheduled for the event. However, on August 5, 2019, it was announced that Safarov withdrew from the event for undisclosed reasons and he was replaced by Jamahal Hill. In turn, Hill was forced to withdraw from the card due to visa issue Jung will now face Khadis Ibragimov.

A featherweight bout between Movsar Evloev and Mike Grundy was scheduled for the event. However on August 19, it was reported that Grundy was forced to pull from the event citing injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Zhenhong Lu. The pairing met previously in 2015 under a regional promotion in Russia with Evloev winning a decision. Subsequently, the bout was scrapped from the event as Lu suffered a cut during a sparring session after the weigh ins and was ruled out of the fight by medical personnel.




Aug 30 - Updated fight card & background

That is a proper thin card

Sometimes for some reason the fights are better when the fighters are less known though. More urge to prove themselves. We will see I guess...

Aug 30 - Updated fight card & background