UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington
May 12, 2018 
Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Jaeiro, Brazil

UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington Fight Card

Fight Card Ranking (strength of card on paper based on our exclusive Pound for Pound fighter rankings)

11,146 – very strong

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(click on fighter’s name for detailed scouting report)

(fighter ranking based on our exclusive Performance Based Ranking system – click fighter’s rank to check out the list)

Main Card (PPV – 10:00 pm Eastern)

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship:
Amanda Nunes – champion (15-4, #1 ranked women’s bantamweight) vs Raquel Pennington (9-6, #5 ranked women’s bantamweight)

Middleweights:
Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (25-5, 1 NC, #8 ranked middleweight) vs Kelvin Gastelum (15-3, 1 NC, #5 ranked middleweight)

Women’s Strawweight:
Mackenzie Dern (6-0, #25 women’s strawweight) vs Amanda Cooper (3-3, #10 women’s strawweight)

Bantamweights:
John Lineker (30-8, #4 ranked bantamweight) vs Brian Kelleher (19-8, #9 ranked bantamweight)

Middleweights:
Vitor Belfort (26-13, 1 NC, #14 ranked middleweight) vs Lyoto Machida (23-8, #20 ranked middleweight)

Prelims (FX – 8:00 pm Eastern)

Middleweights:
Cezar Ferreira (13-6, #30 ranked middleweight) vs Karl Roberson (6-0, #42 ranked middleweight)

Heavyweights:
Aleksei Oleinik (55-11-1, #11 ranked heavyweight) vs Junior Albini (14-3, #25 ranked heavyweight)

Lightweights:
Davi Ramos (7-2, #55 ranked lightweight) vs Nick Hein (14-2, #65 ranked lightweight)

Welterweights:
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (18-5, #56 ranked welterweight) vs Sean Strickland (19-2, #25 ranked welterweight)

Early Prelims (UFC Fight Pass – 6:15 pm Eastern)

Welterweights:
Warlley Alves (13-0, #38 ranked welterweight) vs Sultan Aliev (13-0, #78 ranked welterweight)

Middleweights:
Thales Leites (27-8, #17 ranked middleweight) vs Jack Hermansson (16-4, #36 ranked middleweight)

Welterweights:
Alberto Mina (13-0, #27 ranked welterweight) vs Ramazeen Emeev (16-3, #59 ranked welterweight)

Middleweights:
Markus Perez (9-1, #53 ranked middleweight) vs James Bochnovic (8-2, #53 ranked middleweight)

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