UFC’s May 13 Fight Night event lands in Charlotte

Nolan King
·1 min read

The UFC is headed back to Charlotte, N.C. for the first time since 2018.

Thursday, the promotion officially announced its upcoming May 13 event will be held at Spectrum Center. MMA Junkie reported Thursday that Charlotte was the frontrunner for the event, which also had been linked to Nashville.

While a fight card was not officially announced, a five-round light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith (36-17 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Johnny Walker (20-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) is scheduled for the event.

It is unclear which network this event will be air or stream on, though a person with knowledge of the card recently told MMA Junkie the broadcast plan is ABC for the main card.

The promotion recently tried to add bantamweight contenders Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov to the card, but the bout did not materialize.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for May 13 includes:

  • Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker

  • Matt Brown vs. Court McGee

  • Jailton Almeida vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

  • Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill

  • Ian Machado Garry vs. Daniel Rodriguez

  • Tim Means vs. Alex Morono

  • Ihor Potieria vs. Carlos Ulberg

  • Jessica-Rose Clarke vs. Tainara Lisboa

  • Mandy Bohm vs. Ji Yeon Kim

  • Doulas Silva de Andrade vs. Cody Stamann

  • Bryan Battle vs. Gabe Green

Story originally appeared on MMA Junkie

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