UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos
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A poster or logo for UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos.
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 16, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Bell MTS Place | |||
| City | Winnipeg, Canada | |||
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UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC on Fox 26) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on December 16, 2017, at the Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The event will be the second that the promotion has hosted in Winnipeg, following UFC 161 in June 2013.
The event is expected to be headlined by a welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler and former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos. On October 13, UFC President Dana White announced that the winner of the main event will receive a title shot against current champion Tyron Woodley.
A light heavyweight bout between Antônio Rogério Nogueira and Jared Cannonier, briefly linked to UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis, was instead scheduled for this event. However on October 19, it was announced that Nogueira was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential doping violation, which resulted from an out-of-competition sample collected on Sept. 27. The violation was due to a positive test for hydrochlorothiazide. Cannonier is expected to remain on the card against a replacement.
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Glover Teixeira and Misha Cirkunov was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida, but was moved to this event after a recent hand surgery for Teixeira was slow to heal.
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