Jamahal Hill, UFC 311 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
When the UFC and WWE joined forces below the TKO Group banner, it was anticipated that in some unspecified time in the future, the promotions would play off one another, and attempt to construct off one another’s fanbases.
One such second has arrived, because the UFC, WWE, and Skilled Bull Using (PBR) have been introduced for the “TKO Takeover,” a trio of occasions that may happen throughout a five-day span in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
The takeover begins with a PBR occasion on April 24 (a Thursday night time, however shut sufficient to the weekend). The UFC will then host its Struggle Night time occasion on the T-Cell Middle on Saturday, April 26, adopted by a broadcast of Monday Night time RAW on April 28 from the identical venue.
Ticket bundles offering entry to all three occasions shall be out there to followers. Tickets go on sale March 3, 2025.
“Kansas City has collectively hosted dozens of UFC, WWE, and PBR events over the years, and it has become a top destination for each of these respective promotions,” stated Peter Dropick, Government Vice President, Occasion Growth and Operations for TKO. “This is a unique opportunity to showcase these three premier properties in one city at the same time for the benefit of fans and visitors to the area. We thank the Kansas City Sports Commission and the management at T-Mobile Center for making this possible.”
UFC Kansas Metropolis, set for April 26, is headlined by Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr. in a light-weight heavyweight struggle. Anthony Smith can also be booked on the cardboard in what is predicted to be his retirement struggle, towards Zhang Mingyang. Promotion officers introduced the primary card on Wednesday.
The occasion at present consists of the next reported bouts:
Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Michel Pereira vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov
Giga Chicadze VS. David Onama
Ikram Aliskerov vs. André Muniz
Polyana Viana vs. Jaqueline Amorim
Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada vs. Mitch Ramirez
Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Cameron Saaiman
Zhang Mingyang vs. Anthony Smith
Joselyne Edwards vs. Chelsea Chandler
Matt Schnell vs. Jimmy Flick
