The UFC’s return to Canada will feature a title double-header.
UFC 297, headlined by a middleweight title fight between champion Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC), takes place Jan. 20 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
In the co-main event, a new women’s bantamweight champion will be crowned when former title challenger Raquel Pennington (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) and Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) square off. Former UFC dual-champion Amanda Nunes vacated her belt when she retired this past June.
A press conference featuring the card’s Canadian fighters will take place Nov. 14 at Sportsnet Studios. In attendance will be rising star Mike Malott, Marc-Andre Barriault, Charles Jourdain, and Serhey Sidey.
The current UFC 297 lineup includes:
- Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis – for middleweight title
- Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva – for vacant women’s bantamweight title
- Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chris Curtis
- Garrett Armfield vs. Brad Katona
- Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana
- Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras
- Jimmy Flick vs. Malcolm Gordon
- Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott
- Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson
- Charles Jourdain vs. Sean Woodson
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 297.
