Vicente Luque vs. Sean Brady headlines UFC Atlantic City event
Top-tier UFC welterweights Vicente Luque and Sean Brady are set to headline UFC Atlantic City, UFC CEO Dana White announced on Friday.
Luque vs. Brady tops the event scheduled for March 30 at Boardwalk Hall, which is expected to air on ESPN+. The matchup was one of four fights announced by White on social media.
Luque gets his first return gig after a scheduled fight with Ian Machado Garry was cancelled at the last minute for UFC 296; Garry contracted pneumonia and was not cleared to fight by UFC medical staff.
Rather than rebook the matchup, the UFC elected to schedule Garry opposite Geoff Neal, whom he’d previously been set to fight at UFC 292 before Neal was forced to withdraw for undisclosed reasons.
Luque most recently appeared in the octagon against ex-lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos, whom he beat via decision this past August at UFC Vegas 78. The win snapped a two-fight skid.
Brady also got back in the win column in his most recent appearance, submitting one-time interim middleweight title challenger Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Austin this past month. The win renewed Brady’s title hopes after a TKO loss to Belal Muhammad in 2022 marked his first setback as a professional.
The Atlantic City fight card is also expected to feature a pivotal flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot.