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UFC 221
UFC 221: Whittaker vs. Rockhold is an upcoming mixed martial arts
UFC 221: Whittaker vs. Rockhold
event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on
February 11, 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

Contents
Background
Fight card
See also
References

Background
While the UFC has hosted 11 previous events across the country, the event will
mark the promotion's first visit to Perth, Western Australia.[1][2] A poster or logo for UFC 221:
In order for the event to be broadcast live during prime time hours on the east
Whittaker vs. Rockhold.
coast of North America, the main card is expected to begin at 11:00 am local Information
time in Perth WST, with a full preliminary card beginning at approximately Promotion Ultimate Fighting
07:00 am local time.[3] Championship

While not officially announced by the UFC, the promotion was initially Date February 11, 2018
targeting a UFC Middleweight Championship unification bout between then Venue Perth Arena
champion Georges St-Pierre (who is also a former two time UFC Welterweight City Perth, Western
Champion) and interim champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Australia
Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner), to serve as the event
Event chronology
headliner.[4][5][6] However, St-Pierre later indicated that he is currently mulling
his future in the division and announced that he expected to be out indefinitely UFC Fight UFC 221: UFC Fight
Night: Whittaker vs. Night:
after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.[7][8] Subsequently, St-Pierre Machida vs. Rockhold Cowboy vs.
vacated the championship on December 7 and Whittaker was promoted to Anders Medeiros
undisputed champion. Whittaker is now expected to defend the championship
against former Strikeforce and UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold in the main event.[9]

A lightweight bout between Jeremy Kennedy and Alexander Volkanovski was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night:
Werdum vs. Tybura. However, Kennedy pulled out due to a back injury.[10] The pairing was later rescheduled for this
event.[11]

Fight card
Main Card

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Weight class Method Round Time Notes

Middleweight Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Luke Rockhold [a]

Heavyweight Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes

Heavyweight Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker
Welterweight Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Light Heavyweight Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Middleweight Rob Wilkinson vs. Israel Adesanya
Lightweight Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. Mizuto Hirota
Bantamweight Teruto Ishihara vs. José Alberto Quiñónez
Welterweight Luke Jumeau vs. Daichi Abe
a. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
[12]

See also
2018 in UFC
List of UFC events
List of current UFC fighters
Mixed martial arts in Australia

References
1. Staff (2017-10-31). "Western Australia gets its first UFC event with February pay-per-view card" (http://mmajunkie.co
m/2017/10/ufc-221-perth-western-australia-first-ufc-event). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
2. Staff (2017-10-30). "Perth Arena to host historic UFC event" (http://ufc.com/news/Perth-Arena-to-host-historic-UFC-ev
ent). ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
3. Staff (2017-11-20). "UFC Perth scheduled to start early morning" (https://www.fightnewsaustralia.com/ufc-perth-sched
uled-to-start-early-morning/). fightnewsaustralia.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
4. Jordan Breen (2017-10-30). "UFC targets MW Title unification with Whittaker, Bisping-GSP winner for Perth debut at
UFC 221" (http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-Targets-MW-Title-Unification-With-Whittaker-BispingGSP-Winne
r-for-Perth-Debut-at-UFC-221-128383). sherdog.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
5. Fernanda Prates and John Morgan (2017-11-05). "Dana White: Robert Whittaker is next for new UFC champ
Georges St-Pierre" (http://mmajunkie.com/2017/11/dana-white-robert-whittaker-is-next-for-new-ufc-champ-georges-st
-pierre). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
6. James Averis (2017-11-20). "Georges St-Pierre vs. Robert Whittaker in Perth is the plan says UFC executive" (https://
www.fightnewsaustralia.com/georges-st-pierre-vs-robert-whittaker-in-perth-is-the-plan-says-ufc-executive/).
fightnewsaustralia.com. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
7. Mike Bohn (2017-12-06). "Georges St-Pierre on if he'll defend UFC middleweight title: 'I don't think so' " (http://mmaju
nkie.com/2017/12/ufc-champ-georges-st-pierre-on-if-hell-defend-middleweight-title-i-dont-think-so). mmajunkie.com.
Retrieved 2017-12-06.
8. Gianni Verschueren (2017-12-02). "Georges St-Pierre out indefinitely after being diagnosed with colitis" (http://bleach
erreport.com/articles/2747219-georges-st-pierre-out-indefinitely-after-being-diagnosed-with-colitis).
bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.

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9. Thomas Gerbasi (2017-12-07). "Whittaker vs Rockhold set for UFC 221 main event" (http://www.ufc.com/news/Whitta
ker-vs-Rockhold-set-for-UFC-221-main-event). ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
10. Nolan King (2017-10-05). "Jeremy Kennedy suffers back injury; out of UFC Sydney" (https://mma-today.com/exclusiv
e-jeremy-kennedy-suffers-back-injury-ufc-sydney). mma-today.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
11. Nolan King (2017-12-21). "Exclusive: Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alex Volkanovski added to UFC 221 in Perth" (https://mma
-today.com/exclusive-jeremy-kennedy-vs-alex-volkanovski-added-ufc-221-perth). mma-today.com. Retrieved
2018-01-02.
12. "UFC 221: Whittaker vs. Rockhold" (http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC-221). Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved
2017-12-07.

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