December 7, 2024 7:51 pm ET
The UFC is ready to return to Seattle for the primary time in over a decade.
UFC Fight Night 252 is official for Feb. 22 at Local weather Pledge Area, the promotion introduced throughout Saturday’s UFC 310 broadcast. MMA Mania was first to report the placement as a frontrunner.
The cardboard marks the fourth the promotion has held in Seattle. It hasn’t been there since UFC on FOX 8 in July 2013. That card was headlined by then-UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, who defended his title in opposition to John Moraga.
Washington has ties to a handful of present UFC fighters, together with Michael Chiesa, who referred to as for a spot on the cardboard after his UFC 310 win over Max Griffin on Saturday. UFC girls’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña additionally calls Washington her coaching residence. Different notables with ties embody Miesha Tate, Terrance McKinney, Ricky Simon and Julian Erosa.
Seattle, you prepared? 👀 We’re coming to @ClimateArena for #UFCSeattle!
Presale begins Thursday, January 9 ➡️ https://t.co/Lk2ne0yFXU pic.twitter.com/ckylEH9375
— UFC (@ufc) December 7, 2024
Whereas no fights have been formally introduced by the promotion, a handful of fights have been independently reported together with Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia, Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez, and Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira.
The present UFC Combat Evening 252 lineup consists of:
For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC Fight Night 252.
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