The UFC kicks off their 2024 schedule back at their home base with UFC on ESPN+ 92: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main event is a heated rematch at 205 pounds as Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker run it back over five rounds. The two squared off at UFC 294 in October but fought to a no contest after Ankalaev landed an illegal knee and Walker was deemed unable to continue. That wasn't the end of it as both men tried to go after each other afterward and security, as well as Dana White, had to keep them separated.
In the co-main event, Jim Miller, the all-time leader in UFC fights and UFC wins, takes on Gabriel Benitez in a lightweight fight. Also on the main card is a bantamweight bout between Ricky Simon and Mario Bautista, a middleweight fight pitting Phil Hawes against Brunno Ferreira, and a heavyweight bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski and Waldo Cortes-Acosta.
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> Flyweights- Joshua Van (9-1, 2-0 UFC) vs. Felipe Bunes (13-6, 0-0 UFC)
> Lightweights- Nikolas Motta (13-5 1 NC, 1-2 1 NC UFC) vs. Tom Nolan (6-0, 0-0 UFC)
> Featherweights- Westin Wilson (16-8, 0-1 UFC) vs. Jean Silva (11-2, 0-0 UFC)
> Bantamweights- Farid Basharat (11-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Taylor Lapilus (19-3, 4-1 UFC)
> Bantamweights- Marcus McGhee (8-1, 2-0 UFC) vs. Gaston Bolanos (7-3, 1-0 UFC)
> Welterweights- Matthew Semelsberger (11-6, 5-4 UFC) vs. Preston Parsons (10-4, 1-2 UFC)
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> Heavyweights- Andrei Arlovski (34-22 2 NC, 23-16 1 NC UFC) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (10-1, 3-1 UFC)
> Middleweights- Phil Hawes (12-5, 4-3 UFC) vs. Brunno Ferreira (10-1, 1-1 UFC)
> Bantamweights- #13 Ricky Simon (20-4, 8-3 UFC) vs. Mario Bautista (13-2, 7-2 UFC)
> Lightweights- Jim Miller (36-17 1 NC, 25-16 1 NC UFC) vs. Gabriel Benitez (23-10, 7-6 UFC)
> Light Heavyweights- #3 Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1 1 NC, 9-1-1 1 NC UFC) vs. #7 Johnny Walker (21-7 1 NC, 7-4 1 NC UFC)
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