UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho (also known as UFC on ESPN 62 and UFC Vegas 96) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 24, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States..^[2]

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho
The poster for UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	August 24, 2024 (2024-08-24)
Venue	UFC Apex
City	Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Attendance	Not announced[1]
Event chronology
UFC 305: du Plessis vs. Adesanya UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady

Background

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho headlined the event.^[3]

The featherweight and middleweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko took place at the event.^[4]

A middleweight bout between Roman Kopylov and Brunno Ferreira was scheduled for this event.^[5] However, Kopylov withdrew from the fight after appendicitis surgery and the bout was scrapped.^[6]

A featherweight bout between Danny Silva and Dennis Buzukja was expected to take place at the event.^[7] However, Silva withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Francis Marshall in a lightweight bout.^[8]

A featherweight bout between Žygimantas Ramaška and Nathan Fletcher was scheduled for this event.^[9] Despite both men successfully weighing in, it was announced that the fight was canceled due to an undisclosed medical issue on Fletcher’s part.^[10] The bout has been re-scheduled to take place at the next event, UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady, two weeks later.^[11]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Caio Borralho	def.	Jared Cannonier	Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 48–46)	5	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Tabatha Ricci	def.	Angela Hill	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Ryan Loder	def.	Robert Valentin	TKO (elbows)	2	1:49	[a]
Featherweight	Mairon Santos	def.	Kaan Ofli	KO (punch)	2	1:30	[b]
Welterweight	Michael Morales	def.	Neil Magny	TKO (punches)	1	4:39
Middleweight	Gerald Meerschaert	def.	Edmen Shahbazyan	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	2	4:12
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight	Francis Marshall	def.	Dennis Buzukja	Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Zachary Reese	def.	José Daniel Medina	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Viacheslav Borshchev	def.	James Llontop	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Women's Bantamweight	Jacqueline Cavalcanti	def.	Josiane Nunes	Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Wang Cong	def.	Victoria Leonardo	KO (punches)	1	1:02

1. The Ultimate Fighter 32 middleweight tournament final.
2. The Ultimate Fighter 32 featherweight tournament final.

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.^[13][14]

• Fight of the Night: Caio Borralho vs. Jared Cannonier
• Performance of the Night: Michael Morales, Gerald Meerschaert and Wang Cong

See also

• 2024 in UFC
• List of current UFC fighters
• List of UFC events