UFC Announces Anthony Smith Vs. Aleksander Rakic For Aug. 29
Jitendra Jangir
Sun Aug 16, 2020
UFC has just announced Anthony Smith vs. Aleksander Rakic as the new headliner for Aug. 29. The original plan was Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Yair Rodriguez, but that was canceled once Rodriguez hurt his ankle. Sixth straight headliner for Smith.
Rodríguez pulled out of the bout on August 5 with an ankle injury and Magomedsharipov announced he will not fight on the event as well. The pairing was first scheduled to take place at UFC 228 in September 2018, but Rodríguez also pulled out of that event with an injury. The pairing is now rescheduled for UFC 254.
A light heavyweight rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Ion Cuțelaba is expected to take place at this event.
Below you can see the full expected fights.
- Women's Flyweight bout: Alexa Grasso vs. Ji Yeon Kim
- Welterweight bout: Christian Aguilera vs. Sean Brady
- Middleweight bout: Zak Cummings vs. Alessio Di Chirico
- Featherweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. Ryan Hall
- Women's Flyweight bout: Emily Whitmire vs. Polyana Viana
- Middleweight bout: Saparbek Safarov vs. Julian Marquez
- Women's Strawweight bout: Mallory Martin vs. Hannah Cifers
- Welterweight bout: Neil Magny vs. Robbie Lawler
- Light Heavyweight bout: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cuțelaba
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