UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree

As part of TKO Takeover Presented by VeChain, UFC^® returns to T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. with another thrilling card headlined by former UFC light heavyweight champion and No. 4 ranked contender Jamahal Hill as he faces fellow striker No. 7 Khalil Rountree Jr.. In the co-main event, fan favorite veteran and No. 15 ranked light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith faces rising star Zhang Mingyang.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: HILL vs. ROUNTREE JR. will take place Saturday, April 26 at T-Mobile Center. The main card will be available on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, as well as simulcast in English and Spanish on ESPN+, starting at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The prelims will kick off streaming exclusively on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.

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Additional bouts on the card include:

• An intriguing middleweight bout pits No. 13 ranked contender Michel Pereira (31-12 2NC, fighting out of Tucuma, Para, Brazil) against Abus Magomedov (27-6-1, fighting out of Dusseldorf, Germany)
• Featherweight strikers collide as No. 11 ranked Giga Chikadze (15-4, fighting out of Tbilisi, Georgia) returns against David Onama (13-2, fighting out of Kansas City, Mo. by way of Kyangwali, Uganda)
• Ikram Aliskerov (15-2, fighting out of Makhachkala, Russia) faces Andre Muniz (24-6, fighting out of Montes Claros, MG, Brazil) in a battle of talented middleweights
• Randy Brown (19-6, fighting out of Queens, N.Y.) battles Nicolas Dalby (23-5-1 2NC, fighting out of Copenhagen, Denmark) in a welterweight contest
• Exciting flyweight action sees Matt Schnell (16-9 1NC, fighting out of Shreveport, La.) take on Jimmy Flick (17-8, fighting out of Tulsa, Okla.)
• No. 14 ranked bantamweight contender Chelsea Chandler (6-3, fighting out of Stockton, Calif.) aims to defend her spot in the rankings against No. 15 Joselyne Edwards (14-6, fighting out of Panama City, Panama)
• Mitch Ramirez (8-2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.) intends to spoil the UFC debut of Dana White’s Contender Series signee Ahmad Hassanzada (12-3, fighting out of Sacramento, Calif. by way of Kabul, Afghanistan)
• Jaqueline Amorim (9-1, fighting out of Coconut Creek, Fla. by way of Manaus, Brazil) looks to put her grappling skills to the test against Polyana Viana (13-7, fighting out of Sao Geraldo do Araguaia, Para, Brazil) at strawweight
• Undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series signee Malcolm Wellmaker (8-0, fighting out of Augusta, Ga.) plans to impress against the always-dangerous Cameron Saaiman (9-2, fighting out of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa) at bantamweight