- Source: UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley
UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley (also known as UFC on ESPN 63) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 14, 2024, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, United States.
Background
The event will mark the promotion's fourth visit to Tampa and first since UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October 2019.
A welterweight bout between Joaquin Buckley and Ian Machado Garry was expected to headline the event. However, Garry was pulled to fight Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 a week earlier and was replaced by former interim UFC Welterweight Champion Colby Covington.
A bantamweight bout between Umar Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong was originally reported to headline the event. However, the bout was scrapped due to Song being injured.
A women's flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick was originally scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba in July, but Cortez was pulled from the contest in order to serve as a replacement against former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas a week earlier at UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez. They were then expected to meet at this event. However, Cortez was forced to withdraw due to health issues that required her to have surgery and was replaced by former LFA Women's Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth.
A bantamweight bout between Said Nurmagomedov and Daniel Marcos was scheduled for this event. However, Nurmagomedov withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Adrian Yañez.
Fight card
Announced bouts
Featherweight bout: Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima
See also
2024 in UFC
List of current UFC fighters
List of UFC events
References
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- UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley
- UFC 310
- UFC Fight Night 249
- Colby Covington
- List of UFC events
- 2024 in UFC
- Joaquin Buckley
- UFC rankings
- List of current UFC fighters
- Vicente Luque