Pela primeira vez o maior evento de Artes Marciais Mistas desembarca na Argentina, precisamente na capital Buenos Aires. Na luta principal, o dono da casa, o platense Santiago Ponzinibbio, embalado por seis vitórias seguidas encara o americano Neil Magny, embalado por dois resultados positivos e acima do argentino no ranking dos meio-médios.
Ricardo Lamas e Darren Elkins medem forças no coevento principal e cinco brasileiros entram em ação no card dos nossos “hermanos”: Johnny Walker, atleta do Contender Series que fará sua estreia, Cezar Mutante, Poliana Botelho, Michel Trator e Alexandre Pantoja.
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Quarta-feira (14)
Treino aberto e apresentação de projetos sociais
Polideportivo Chacabuco
Av. Eva Peron, 1410
Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 pm – 8:30 pm
Participantes:
Neil Magny– No. 8 UFC welterweight
Santiago Ponzinibbio – No. 10 UFC welterweight
Ricardo Lamas – No. 12 UFC featherweight
Guido Cannetti – UFC bantamweight
Lutadores convidados:
Jessica Andrade – No. 2 UFC women strawweight
Vicente Luque – UFC welterweight
Veronica Macedo – UFC women’s flyweight
Detalhes:
6 pm: Media check-in
6:30 pm: Guido Cannetti workout
6:45pm: Neil Magny workout
7 pm: Ricardo Lamas workout
7:15 pm: Santiago Ponzinibbio workout
7:30 pm: End of the UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY VS PONZINIBBIO Open Workouts
7:45 pm: Social partnership training session begins
8:30 pm: End of the activity
- UFC Fight Night Magny vs Ponzinibbio athletes won’t be available for scrums in this activity. Emiliano Candido will interview the fighters after their workouts.
- After UFC Fight Night Magny vs Ponzinibbio Open Workouts, UFC guest-fighters Jessica Andrade, Vicente Luque and Veronica Macedo will lead a MMA class to 150 kids from Polideportivo Chacabuco.
- Video and photo opportunities will be available.
- CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
Quinta-feira (15)
UFC® FIGHT NIGHT MAGNY vs PONZINIBBIO: ULTIMATE MEDIA DAY
Hilton Buenos Aires
Macacha Güemes 351
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Room: Buen Ayre
11am – 4pm
Participantes:
Neil Magny– No. 8 UFC welterweight
Santiago Ponzinibbio – No. 10 UFC welterweight
Ricardo Lamas – No. 12 UFC featherweight
Darren Elkins – No. 13 UFC featherweight
Khalil Rountree – UFC light heavyweight
Johnny Walker – UFC light heavyweight
Guido Cannetti – UFC bantamweight
Marlon Vera – UFC bantamweight
Cynthia Calvillo – UFC women’s strawweight
Poliana Botelho – UFC women’s strawweight
Detalhes:
11am: Media check-in
11:30am: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY VS PONZINIBBIO blue corner fighters
available
12:15pm: Athlete square offs
12:30pm: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY VS PONZINIBBIO red corner fighters
available
1:15pm: Coffee break available
- Video and interview opportunities will be available
- Internet and media workspace available after coffee break until 4pm
- Parking not available
- CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
Sexta-feira (16)
UFC® FIGHT NIGHT MAGNY vs PONZINIBBIO: WEIGH-INS
Arena Parque Roca
Avenida Coronel Roca, 3490
Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires
4pm – 8pm
Detalhes:
4pm: Media check-in & doors open to public
4:30pm: Autograph session at UFC Vila with No. 2 women’s strawweight Jessica Andrade, UFC welterweight Vicente Luque and UFC Women’s flyweight Veronica Macedo and Octagon Girls®
6pm: Q&A hosted by Emiliano Candido with UFC welterweight Vicente Luque and UFC Women’s flyweight Veronica Macedo
6:30pm: Ceremonial delivery of the food donations to social projects*
7pm: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY vs. PONZINIBBIO weigh-ins
- Media check-in will be open from 4pm – 7pm
- OPEN TO ACCREDITED MEDIA
*FANS WILL BE ABLE TO GET TICKETS FOR THE WEIGH-INS BY DONATING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM (1 ITEM = 1 TICKET FOR THE WEIGH-INS) AT LIVEPASS PALERMO, MUSEUM LIVE AND PARQUE ROCA. IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH CORPORACION SUR, THE DONATIONS WILL BENEFIT OVER TEN INSTITUTIONS IN BUENOS AIRES.
Sábado (17)
UFC® FIGHT NIGHT MAGNY vs PONZINIBBIO
Arena Parque Roca
Avenida Coronel Roca, 3490
Villa Soldati, Buenos Aires
6:30pm – 4:30am
Detalhes:
6:30pm: Media check-in & doors open to public
7pm: Autograph session at UFC Vila with No. 2 women’s strawweight Jessica Andrade, UFC welterweight Vicente Luque and UFC Women’s flyweight Veronica Macedo
9pm: FIGHT PASS Early Prelims
10pm: Prelims live on FS1
12am: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY vs. PONZINIBBIO Main Card starts
3am: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MAGNY vs. PONZINIBBIO concludes
4:30am: End of Activities
- Media check-in will be open from 6:30pm – 10pm
- Dinner will be served from 6:30pm – 12am in the Media enter
- Post-fight media availability in the media center
- Internet and media workspace available in the media center until 4:30am
UFC Buenos Aires
17 de novembro de 2018, na Argentina
CARD PRINCIPAL (1h, horário de Brasília):
Peso-leve: Santiago Ponzinnibio x Neil Magny
Peso-pena: Ricardo Lamas x Darren Elkins
Peso-meio-pesado: Khalil Rountree x Johnny Walker
Peso-médio: Cezar Mutante x Ian Heinisch
Peso-galo: Guido Cannetti x Marlon Vera
Peso-palha: Cynthia Calvillo x Poliana Botelho
CARD PRELIMINAR (21h30, horário de Brasília):
Peso-meio-médio: Michel Trator x Bartosz Fabinski
Peso-mosca: Alexandre Pantoja x Ulka Sasaki
Peso-pena: Humberto Bandenay x Austin Arnett
Peso-meio-médio: Laureano Staropoli x Hector Aldana
Peso-leve: Devin Powell x Jesús Pinedo
Peso-pena: Nad Narimani x Anderson Berinja
