UFC Fight Night Bangor - Fight Card Updates

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The brand new Cross Insurance Center arena in Bangor, Maine will host the first ever UFC event in the state's history when UFC Fight Night Bangor takes place on August 16.

Dana White confirmed the news via Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

"For all the UFC fans in Maine I got Bangor Done!! (Aug. 16) at the brand new Cross Insurance Center for UFC Fight Night on @FoxSports1! ," White said.

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Middleweights Tim Boetsch vs. Brad Tavares added to the UFC Fight Night Bangor Fight Card.


UFC Fight Night 47
August 16, 2014
The O2
Cross Insurance Center


Tim Beotsch (17-7) vs. Brad Tavares (12-2)
Shawn Jordan (15-6) vs. Jack May (7-1)

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The UFC announced that Bangor, Maine, childhood home of UFC president Dana White, will host the state’s first ever UFC event at Cross Insurance Center on Saturday, August 16. UFC Fight Night will showcase local talent, in addition to some of the sport’s top contenders. The five-round main event will be announced in the coming days.

“I’m so excited to finally bring the UFC to Maine,” UFC president Dana White said. “People in Maine have been asking me to bring the UFC there for a long time, so we’re bringing a great card to Bangor on August 16! I love Maine, I have a home and family there, and I’m really looking forward to this event!”

UFC Fight Night is a treat for locals, as Lincolnville native and 13th-ranked middleweight Tim Boetsch (17-7, fighting out of Sunbury, Pa.) comes home to face No. 14 contender Brad Tavares (12-3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev. by way of Kailua, Hawaii). Boasting an impressive resume that dates back nearly a decade, Boetsch holds wins over C.B. Dollaway, Hector Lombard, and Yushin Okami. This August, “The Barbarian” takes on one of the division’s rising stars in Tavares. After making his debut on The Ultimate Fighter® Season 11, Tavares quickly racked up seven UFC wins, including a five-fight unbeaten stretch, and he will return to the Octagon on Boetsch’s home turf with the intent to spoil his opponent’s homecoming.

Plus, fans will witness a heavyweight showdown between two former collegiate athletes as Shawn Jordan (15-6, fighting out of Baton Rouge, La.) takes on Jack May (7-1, fighting out of Fullerton, Calif.). Jordan, a former star fullback at LSU and member of the 2007 National championship team, has used his superior athleticism and power to successfully transition into the world of mixed martial arts. With 11 knockout victories to his name, “The Savage” is primed and ready for a run at UFC gold. Standing in his way, is the 6-foot-8 kickboxing specialist and former college basketball standout May. With six of his seven victories by way of first-round knockout, May will be no easy feat for Jordan. The Savage takes on “The Outlaw,” with the victor a step closer to becoming one of the division’s elite.

In addition, Tom Watson (16-7, fighting out of Southampton, England) takes on UFC newcomer Sam Alvey (24-5, 1NC) in a middleweight matchup.

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After their big wins at UFC 174 last weekend, top ten light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Ovince Saint Preux will collide in Bangor, Maine this August 16, as they square off in a five-round UFC Fight Night main event. The Ultimate Fighter season eight winner Bader decisioned Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante in Vancouver, marking his third win in his last four bouts. Former Strikeforce standout Saint Preux picked up his fifth straight victory on the same card when he finished Ryan Jimmo in the second round.

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Former world title challenger Sara McMann returns to the Octagon on August 16 to face unbeaten newcomer Lauren Murphy in a bantamweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Bangor, Maine. An Olympic Silver medalist in freestyle wrestling, McMann raced out to a 7-0 MMA record before losing her challenge of women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at UFC 170 in February. Now she will return to face another champion in the first Invicta FC titleholder, Murphy, whose 8-0 slate includes wins over Kaitlin Young, Sarah D'Alelio, and Miriam Nakamoto.


UFC Fight Night 47
August 16, 2014
Cross Insurance Center
Bangor, Maine


Tim Beotsch (17-7) vs. Brad Tavares (12-2)
Shawn Jordan (15-6) vs. Jack May (7-1)
Sam Alvey (23-5-1) vs. Tom Watson (16-7)
Thiago Tavares (18-5-1) vs. Robbie Peralta (18-4, 1 NC)
Sara McMann (7-1) vs. Lauren Murphy (8-0)

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With the postponement of August 2nd's UFC 176 card, one of the event's premier matchups has a new home, as lightweights Bobby "King" Green and Abel "Killa" Trujillo meet at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine on August 16.

Back in action for the first time since his Fight of the Night knockout of Jamie Varner in February, Trujillo will put his three-fight unbeaten run on the line against Fontana, California's Green, whose seven-fight winning streak includes UFC wins over Pat Healy, James Krause, and Jacob Volkmann.

Also shifting to the UFC Fight Night event from UFC 176 is the flyweight showdown between 125-pound contenders Jussier Formiga and Zach Makovsky.

In the lightweight division, former world title challenger Gray Maynard's return to action against Brazil's Fabricio Camoes shifts to the August 16 UFC Fight Night event in Bangor, Maine.


UFC Fight Night 47: Bader vs. St. Preux
August 16, 2014
Cross Insurance Center
Bangor, Maine


Ryan Bader (17-4) vs. Ovince St. Preux (16-5)
Gray Maynard (11-3-1-1) vs. Fabricio Camoes (14-8-1)
Tim Beotsch (17-7) vs. Brad Tavares (12-2)
Shawn Jordan (15-6) vs. Jack May (7-1)
Tom Watson (16-7) vs. Sam Alvey (23-5-1)
Thiago Tavares (18-5-1) vs. Robbie Peralta (18-4, 1 NC)
Sara McMann (7-1) vs. Lauren Murphy (8-0)
Bobby Green (22-5) vs. Abel Trujillo (12-5)
Jussier Formiga (16-3) vs. Zach Makovsky (18-4)

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After Friday's news that Bobby Green was being shifted from his UFC Fight Night bout against Abel Trujillo into a UFC on FOX matchup with Josh Thomson later this month, England's Ross Pearson has entered the mix, as he will now meet up with "Killa" Trujillo in Bangor, Maine on August 16. Champing at the bit to get back into the Octagon after his controversial decision loss to Diego Sanchez in June, the former Ultimate Fighter winner will get the chance to throw hands with Trujillo, whose three-fight unbeaten streak includes knockouts of Roger Bowling and Jamie Varner.

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Changes to the UFC Fight Night card in Maine.

Lightweight prospect Abel Trujillo has been forced out of his August 16 bout against Ross Pearson due to injury, but Pearson will still compete on the UFC Fight Night card in Bangor, Maine against former world title challenger Gray Maynard. Maynard was scheduled to face Brazil's Fabricio Camoes on the same show, but now Camoes will be rescheduled for another bout later this year, freeing the way for this clash of former Ultimate Fighter stars.