The Octagon is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas after a couple of weeks away for tonight's UFC on ESPN+ 81 which closes out the promotion's month.
Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill square off in a battle of ranked strawweights in the five-round main event. It will be Dern's third main event, but she's still in search of her first main event win following a loss to Yan Xiaonan in October. Hill is in her second main event as she looks to extend a two-fight win streak.
In the co-main event, it's a middleweight clash as Edmen Shahbazyan takes on Anthony Hernandez. The main card will feature a welterweight fight between Andre Fialho and Joaquin Buckley, as well as a battle of lightweight veterans when Diego Ferreira takes on Michael Johnson.
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> Welterweights- Takashi Sato (16-6, 2-4 UFC) vs. Themba Gorimbo (10-4, 0-1 UFC)
> Women's Flyweights- Natalia Silva (14-5-1, 2-0 UFC) vs. Victoria Leonardo (9-4, 1-2 UFC)
> Lightweights- Chase Hooper (11-3-1, 3-3 UFC) vs. Nick Fiore (6-1, 0-1 UFC)
> Heavyweights- Ilir Latifi (16-8 1 NC, 9-6 UFC) vs. Rodrigo Nascimento (9-1 1 NC, 2-1 1 NC UFC)
> Welterweights*- Orion Cosce (8-1, 1-1 UFC) vs. Gilbert Urbina (6-2, 0-1 UFC)
*Cosce missed weight by 1.5 pounds
> Women's Strawweights*- Karolina Kowalkiewicz (14-7, 7-7 UFC) vs. Vanessa Demopoulos (9-4, 3-1 UFC)
*Demopoulos missed weight by 1.5 pounds
> Lightweights- Hayisaer Maheshate (9-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (6-3, 1-2 UFC)
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> Lightweights- Diego Ferreira (17-5, 8-5 UFC) vs. Michael Johnson (21-18, 13-14 UFC)
> Welterweights- Andre Fialho (16-6 1 NC, 2-3 UFC) vs. Joaquin Buckley (15-6, 5-4 UFC)
> Women's Strawweights- Emily Ducote (12-7, 1-1 UFC) vs. Loopy Godinez (9-3, 4-3 UFC)
> Middleweights- Edmen Shahbazyan (12-3, 5-3 UFC) vs. Anthony Hernandez (10-2 1 NC, 4-2 UFC)
> Women's Strawweights- #8 Mackenzie Dern (12-3, 7-3 UFC) vs. #14 Angela Hill (15-12, 10-12 UFC)
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