UFC Fight Night 78 Fight Card

UFC Fight Night 78, which also serves as the TUF: Latin America 2 Finale, takes place in Mexico this coming Saturday night and we’ve got the full fight card for you below.

In the main event of the evening Kelvin Gastelum returns to the welterweight division where he’ll face late replacement Neil Magny who stepped in when Matt Brown pulled out injured a couple of weeks ago.

In the co-main event Diego Sanchez undertakes his first fight at featherweight, and a tough one at that against former title challenger Ricardo Lamas.

Coming off a two-fight winning streak, Former TUF winner Efrain Escudero now goes up against Brazil’s Leandro Silva, while opening up the main card, former Olympic wrestling gold medalist Henry Cejudo will move firmly into title contention at 125lbs if he can overcome another top flyweight contender Jussier Formiga.

Main Card:

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Neil Magny
Ricardo Lamas vs. Diego Sanchez
Efrain Escudero vs. Leandro Silva
Henry Cejudo vs. Jussier Formiga

Prelims:

Taylor Lapilus vs. Erik Perez
Bartosz Fabinski vs. Hector Urbina
Scott Jorgensen vs. Alejandro Perez
Gabriel Benitez vs. Andre Fili
Valmir Lazaro vs. Michel Prazeres
Enrique Marin vs. Erick Montano
Enrique Barzola vs. Horacio Gutierrez
Alvaro Herrera vs. Vernon Ramos

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