UFC on Fox 24 Kansas City
- Colt B.
- Feb 14, 2017
- 1 min read
To quote Bruce Buffer " It's tiiiiiime" Kansas City!!!! After a month of rumors the UFC finally announced the first held event in the city of fountains during its UFC 208 Pay-per-view. UFC 24 will be coming live from the Sprint Center on April 15, 2017.
A much anticipated bout between Rose Namajunas and Michelle Waterson was announced. This will be a pivotal strawweight matchup between these two top contenders and a coming home match as they fight again in Kansas City where they fought for Kansas City based Invicta Fighting Championships.
Namajunas is coming off of a decision loss to Karolina Kowalkiewicz, who was recently in a war with reigning champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Prior to that "Thug" was on a 3 bout win streak.
Waterson is coming off of her biggest win yet with a first round submission win over Paige VanZant. Prior to that "Karate Hottie" has been out with injuries since 2015.
Other bouts added to the card so far are:
Kansas City based Glory MMA fighter Tim Elliott versus Louis Smolka
Devin Clark versus Jake Collier
Anthony Smith versus Andrew Sanchez
No headliner has been announced yet. Tickets will be going on sale March 10, 2017. 8-bit MMA will keep you posted as more details come out.
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