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UFC Fight Night 137: Santos vs. Anders is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on September 22, 2018 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.


Fight card

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Light Heavyweight Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders
Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
Light Heavyweight Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Sam Alvey
Bantamweight Renan Barão vs. Andre Ewell
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)

Lightweight Charles Oliveira vs. Christos Giagos
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Evan Dunham
Light Heavyweight Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
Heavyweight Augusto Sakai vs. Chase Sherman

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Welterweight Sérgio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
Women's Flyweight Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Gillian Robertson
Middleweight Thales Leites vs. Hector Lombard
Welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Luigi Vendramini
Women's Strawweight Livia Renata Souza vs. Alex Chambers


Background

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, Teixeira pulled out on August 14 due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Thiago Santos. Manuwa pulled out of the bout on September 16, due to undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Eryk Anders.

Mark Godbeer was briefly scheduled to face Luis Henrique at the event. However, Godbeer pulled out of the fight in early August citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ryan Spann.

Neil Magny was scheduled to face Alex Oliveira at the event. However Magny was removed from the pairing on August 22 in favor of a matchup with Santiago Ponzinibbio in November at UFC Fight Night 140. He was replaced by Carlo Pedersoli Jr.

Ketlen Vieira was expected to face former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion and UFC Women's Featherweight Championship challenger Tonya Evinger at the event. However on August 7, Vieira pulled out due to a knee injury. Evinger was removed from the card and then rescheduled for a future event against a different opponent.

The Ultimate Fighter: Nations middleweight winner Elias Theodorou was expected to face The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight winner Antônio Carlos Júnior at the event. However, Júnior pulled out on August 28 due to injury. The pairing was left intact and rescheduled for UFC 231.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was expected to face Belal Muhammad at the event; however, it was reported on September 14, 2018 that the bout between the pair was scrapped and Muhammad was replaced by newcomer Luigi Vendramini.





Sep 17 - Updated fight card & background

Sep 17 - Updated fight card & background

Looking good my man. Should be a good night of fights. I always love a Smiling Sam Alvey fight. Such a great guy. You cant help buy love the guy, and the fact that he usually knocks people clean out. That also helps, all while doing it with a huge smile.

At the weigh-ins, former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan Barão weighed in at 141.6 pounds, 5 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136. Barão was fined 30 percent of his purse, which went to his opponent Andre Ewell.

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