For Immediate Release:
April 14, 2022
FEATURED BOUT:
TANNER BOSER vs. ALEXANDR ROMANOV
Las Vegas – In the strawweight division, Amanda Lemos will face former champion Jessica Andrade, while Tanner Boser takes on Alexandr Romanov.
UFC® continues its run of shows at UFC APEX with an intriguing matchup in the strawweight division, as No. 10 ranked contender Amanda Lemos attempts to spoil the return of former champion Jessica Andrade. In the heavyweight co-main event, Tanner Boser plots to stop the undefeated up and comer Alexandr Romanov.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: LEMOS vs ANDRADE
Saturday, April 23 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
All bouts will stream on ESPN+
Prelims: 3 p.m. PT/ 6 p.m. ET
Main Card: 6 p.m. PT/ 9 p.m. ET.
Lemos (11-1-1, fighting out of Para, Brazil) is looking to extend her five-fight win streak in a main event against former strawweight champion Andrade. No. 1 ranked women’s flyweight Andrade (22-9-0) returns to the strawweight division for the first time since 2020. She wants to recapture the momentum from the last time she fought at 115 pounds.
Boser (20-8-1), who has 10 knockouts in his record, will seek to erase Romanov’s undefeated record. Romanov (15-0-0), 93 percent finish rate) will try to keep his perfect record in an exciting matchup.
Additional bouts on the card include:
- Clay Guida (37-21, fighting out of Johnsburg, Ill.) vs Claudio Puelles’ (11-2, fighting out Lima, Peru)
- Lando Vannata (12-5-2, fighting out Albuquerque, N.M.) vs Charles Jourdain (12-4-1, fighting out of Beloeil, Quebec, Canada)
- Maycee Barber (9-2, fighting out of Milwaukee, Wis.) vs Montana De La Rosa (12-6-1, fighting out of Fort Worth, Texas)
- Sumudaerji (15-4, fighting out of Sichuan, China) vs Manel Kape (17-6, fighting out Phuket, Thailand by way of Porto, Portugal)
- Louis Cosce (7-1, fighting out of Arcata, Calif.) vs Preston Parsons (9-3, fighting out of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.)
- Jordan Wright (12-2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calif.) vs Marc-Andre Barriualt (13-5, 1 NC, fighting out of Boca Raton, Fla. by way of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada)
- Dwight Grant (11-4, fighting out of Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs Sergey Khandozhko (27-6-1, fighting out of Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia)
- Tyson Pedro (7-3, fighting out of Sydney, Australia) vs Ike Villanueva (18-13, fighting out of Lansing, Mich.)
- Aoriqileng (20-11, fighting out of Inner Mongolia, China) vs Cameron Else (10-5, fighting out of England, United Kingdom)
- Marcin Prachnio (15-5, fighting out of Warsaw, Poland) vs Philipe Lins (14-5, fighting out of Coconut Creek, Fla. by way of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
- Dean Barry (4-1, fighting out of Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.) vs Michael Jackson (0-1, 1 NC fighting out of Houston, Texas)
