UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 8, 2024
Venue	KFC Yum! Center
City	Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Attendance	19,578
Total gate	$2,500,652
Event chronology

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov (also known as UFC on ESPN 57) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 8, 2024, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.^[2]

Background

The event marked the promotion's second visit to Louisville and first since UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in March 2011.^[2]

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Nassourdine Imavov headlined the event.^[3]

A bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios took place at the event.^[4] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 on February 24, but Rosas Jr. was forced to withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the pairing was initially pushed back one week to UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev before it was ultimately cancelled by the promotion.^[5]^[6]

A middleweight bout between Roman Dolidze and Michel Pereira was briely announced as part of the event.^[7] However, Pereira claimed he never signed any contracts for the fight and the bout fell through.^[8]

At the weigh-ins, Eduarda Moura weighed in at 116.5 pounds, half a pound over the women's strawweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Moura was fined 20 percent of her purse which went to her opponent Denise Gomes.^[9]

Results

Fight card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Nassourdine Imavov	def.	Jared Cannonier	TKO (punches)	4	1:34
Light Heavyweight	Dominick Reyes	def.	Dustin Jacoby	KO (punches)	1	2:00
Bantamweight	Raul Rosas Jr.	def.	Ricky Turcios	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:22
Middleweight	Brunno Ferreira	def.	Dustin Stoltzfus	KO (spinning back elbow)	1	4:51
Middleweight	Zachary Reese	def.	Julian Marquez	TKO (body kick and punches)	1	0:20
Welterweight	Punahele Soriano	def.	Miguel Baeza	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight	Ľudovít Klein	def.	Thiago Moisés	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Carlos Prates	def.	Charles Radtke	KO (knee to the body)	1	4:47
Bantamweight	Brad Katona	def.	Jesse Butler	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Montana De La Rosa	def.	Andrea Lee	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Daniel Marcos	def.	John Castañeda	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (116.5 lb)	Denise Gomes	def.	Eduarda Moura	Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Taylor Lapilus	def.	Cody Stamann	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Puja Tomar	def.	Rayanne dos Santos	Decision (split) (30–27, 27–30, 29–28)	3	5:00