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The Octagon touches down in Uruguay for the first time in promotional history for UFC Fight Night 156.
In the main event, Valentina Shevchenko looks to defend her flyweight title against Liz Carmouche in a rematch of their bout nine years ago. In the first one, it was the American who won by doctor stoppage. The champ is coming off of a knockout win over Jessica Eye, while “Girl-illa” is coming off of a decision win over Lucie Pudilova.
The co-main event sees two fan favorites collide as Vicente Luque looks to extend his winning streak to six while Perry looks to make it two in a row.
UFC Fight Night 156 airs exclusively on ESPN+, where the main card starts at 8 p.m. ET and the prelims at 5 p.m. ET.
Main Card
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche — flyweight title fight
Vicente Luque va. Mike Perry — welterweight
Humberto Bandenay vs. Luiz Eduardo Garagorri —featherweight
Ilir Latifi vs. Volkan Oezdemir — light heavyweight
Oskar Piechota vs. Rodolfo Vieira — middleweight
Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Moffett — featherweight
Prelims
Ciryl Gane vs. Raphael Pessoa — heavyweight
Gilbert Burns vs. Alexey Kunchenko — welterweight
Marina Rodriguez vs. Tecia Torres —strawweight
Rogerio Bontorin vs. Raulian Paiva — flyweight
Geraldo de Freitas Jr. vs. Chris Gutierrez — bantamweight
Alex da Silva Coelho vs. Rodrigo Vargas — lightweight
Veronica Macedo vs. Polyana Viana — flyweight