Michael Chiesa has suffered an injury that has taken him off the main event of UFC Fight Night Sioux Falls. A new main event has been announced.

Michael McDonald will face John Lineker in the main event spot. The bout was previously announced for the Sioux Falls card, but now will be contested in five rounds as the main event.

Tony Ferguson, who was scheduled to face Chiesa, will now enter the UFC Octagon against Landon Vannata. Vanata is 8-0 in his career and will make his UFC debut in Sioux Falls.

UFC Fight Night: Sioux Falls

Main Event:
Michael McDonald vs. John Lineker

  • Tony Ferguson vs. Landon Vannata
  • Tim Boetsch vs. Josh Samman
  • Alexey Oliynyk vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
  • Kyle Noke vs. Keita Nakamura
  • Louis Smolka vs. Ben Nguyen
  • Ryan Hall vs. Alex White
  • Cortney Casey vs. Cristina Stannic
  • Eric Spicely vs. Sam Alvey
  • Rani Yahya vs. Matthew Lopez
  • Devin Clark vs. Alex Nicholson
  • Scott Holtzman vs. Cody Pfister

Tickets are available for the event on July 13th through Ticketmaster and the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center box office.


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