Full UFC 249 card announced: Ferguson-Gaethje, Rose-Andrade 2
The full UFC 249 card has been unveiled.
Headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje and featuring a heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik, the April 18 card will feature 10 additional fights.
THE WHOLE CARD 🤯
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The fights will air on ESPN+ via pay-per-view. A location has still not been determined less than two weeks before the event.
Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade will meet in a rematch of their women's strawweight championship fight. Andrade took the belt from Namajunas last May with a second-round knockout before eventually dropping the title to Zhang Weili.
Ranked featherweights Jeremy Stephens and Calvin Kattar will do battle, as will middleweights Jacare Souza and Uriah Hall. Those bouts and Namajunas' fight with Andrade were all originally scheduled for UFC 249.
Controversial heavyweight Greg Hardy will make his sixth UFC appearance when he meets Yorgan De Castro. Hardy is 2-2 in the UFC with one no-contest. He lost his last bout to Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision.
Also of note is a welterweight bout between Vicente Luque and Niko Price. The two previously met in October 2017 when Luque earned a second-round submission victory.