UFC Fight Night 256 Burns vs Morales

Date
Sat 17th May 2025 (UTC)
Sat 17th May 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-05-17T23:00:00

Time

23:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
17

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Location
UFC APEX

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Initially, there were reports that the event would take place at the Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar. However, the event location was changed to the UFC Apex for unknown reasons.

A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Curtis Blaydes and promotional newcomer Rizvan Kuniev was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to UFC Fight Night 259 on June 21 for unknown reasons. The pairing was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song, then shifted to UFC 313 and was eventually cancelled a few hours before the event after Blaydes had to pull out due to an undisclosed illness.

A middleweight bout between Park Jun-yong and Ismail Naurdiev was scheduled for this event. However, for unknown reasons, the bout was rescheduled to UFC Fight Night 259 on June 21.

A light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to UFC 316 for unknown reasons.

Serghei Spivac and Shamil Gaziev were expected to meet in a heavyweight bout at the event. However, the bout was moved to UFC 316 due to undisclosed reasons.