Women’s featherweight thriller to headline next week’s UFC Vegas 40

No.
10
women’s
pound-for-pound
fighter
Ladd
(9-1,
El
Dorado
Hills,
Calif.)
hopes
to
pick
up
where
she
left
off
following
a
2019
TKO
victory
over
fellow
contender
Yana
Kunitskaya.

During
her
UFC
run
she
has
also
netted
impressive
stoppage
wins
against
Tonya
Evinger
and
Lina
Länsberg.
Ladd
now
goes
for
another
emphatic
finish
in
her
featherweight
debut.

Dumont
(6-1,
fighting
out
of
Belo
Horizonte,
Minas
Gerais,
Brazil)
aims
to
turn
heads
in
her
first
UFC
main
event
opportunity.

A
Sanda
black
belt
and
Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu
brown
belt,
she
has
earned
victories
over
former
featherweight
title
challenger
Felicia
Spencer,
as
well
as
Ashlee
Evans-Smith.
Dumont
now
hopes
to
spoil
Ladd’s
return
and
establish
herself
as
the
top
contender
for
a
featherweight
title
shot.

In
the
co-main
event,
former
UFC
heavyweight
champion
Andrei
Arlovski
will
take
on
rising
prospect
Carlos
Felipe.

Decorated
veteran
Arlovski
(31-20
2NC,
fighting
out
of
Coconut
Creek,
Fla.)
is
poised
to
build
off
his
recent
victory
over
Chase
Sherman.

The
record
holder
for
most
UFC
heavyweight
wins,
he
holds
memorable
victories
over
Travis
Browne,
Antonio
Silva
and
Roy
Nelson.
Arlovski
is
now
gunning
to
take
out
another
surging
prospect
and
set
himself
up
for
a
shot
at
the
top
15.

Felipe
(11-1,
fighting
out
of
Feira
de
Santana,
Bahia,
Brazil)
hopes
to
steal
the
show
in
the
biggest
spotlight
of
his
career.

An
aggressive
striker,
he
is
currently
riding
a
three-fight
win
streak
with
victories
over
Jake
Collier,
Justin
Tafa
and
Yorgan
de
Castro.
Felipe
now
aims
to
secure
his
first
finish
in
the
UFC
by
stopping
a
former
UFC
champion.

Additional
bouts
on
the
card
include:

•
The
Ultimate
Fighter
season
23
winner
Andrew
Sanchez
(13-6,
fighting
out
of
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada)
takes
on
Bruno
Silva
(20-6,
fighting
out
of
Curitiba,
Brazil)
at
middleweight.

•
Jim
Miller
(32-16
1NC,
fighting
out
of
Sparta,
N.J.)
will
set
the
record
for
most
UFC
fights
when
he
faces
UFC
newcomer
Erick
Gonzalez
(14-5,
fighting
out
of
Los
Angeles,
Calif.)
at
lightweight.

•
Manon
Fiorot
(7-1,
fighting
out
of
Nice,
France)
hopes
to
continue
her
streak
of
finishes
when
she
meets
Mayra
Bueno
Silva
(7-1-1,
fighting
out
of
Uberlandia,
Minas
Gerais,
Brazil)
at
flyweight.

•
Exciting
middleweights
clash
when
Julian
Marquez
(9-2,
fighting
out
of
Kansas
City,
Mo.)
squares
off
with
Jordan
Wright
(12-1
1NC,
fighting
out
of
Los
Angeles,
Calif.).

•
Danny
Roberts
(17-5,
fighting
out
of
Liverpool,
England)
returns
to
action
against
Ramazan
Emeev
(20-4,
fighting
out
of
Makhachkala,
Russia)
in
a
welterweight
bout.

•
Sijara
Eubanks
(8-6,
fighting
out
of
Brick,
N.J.
by
way
of
Springfield,
Mass.)
aims
to
build
off
her
recent
knockout
win
when
she
takes
on
Luana
Carolina
(7-2,
fighting
out
of
Sao
Paulo,
Brazil)
at
flyweight.

•
Nate
Landwehr
(14-4,
fighting
out
of
Clarksville,
Tenn.)
faces
Ludovit
Klein
(17-3,
fighting
out
of
Nove
Zamky,
Slovakia)
in
an
intriguing
featherweight
bout.

•
Danaa
Batgerel
(9-2,
fighting
out
of
Erdenetsagaan,
Sukhbaatar,
Mongolia)
meets
Brandon
Davis
(14-8,
fighting
out
of
D’Iberville,
Miss.)
in
a
bantamweight
bout.

•
Istela
Nunes
(7-1
1NC,
fighting
out
of
Curitiba,
Parana,
Brazil)
makes
her
UFC
debut
against
Ariane
Carnelossi
(12-3,
fighting
out
of
Presidente
Prudente,
Sao
Paulo,
Brazil)
at
strawweight.

UFC
Fight
Night:
Ladd
vs.
Dumont
will
take
place
Saturday,
October
16
from
UFC
APEX
in
Las
Vegas.
All
bouts
will
stream
on
ESPN+,
with
the
prelims
beginning
at
1
p.m.
PT/
4
p.m.
ET
and
the
main
card
at
4
p.m.
PT/
7
p.m.
ET.

A
limited
number
of
tickets
will
be
available
on
Monday,
October
11
at
www.axs.com.

Source:
Press
Release