UFC on Fox 25
| UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 22, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |||
| City | Uniondale, New York | |||
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UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum (also known as UFC on Fox 25) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on July 22, 2017 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
The event will be the first that the UFC has hosted on the Long Island.
The event is expected to be headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner Kelvin Gastelum.
A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challengers Ricardo Lamas and Chan Sung Jung was originally in the works to headline or co-headline this event. The pairing was originally slated to take place in July 2013 at UFC 162, but Jung was pulled from the bout in favor of a title fight against then champion José Aldo at UFC 163. On May 12, the bout was confirmed for UFC 214.
A light heavyweight bout between Gian Villante and Patrick Cummins was originally booked for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov in December 2016. However, Cummins pulled out a week before the event due to a staph infection. The fight is now expected to take place at this event.
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