UFC Fight Night 78 is scheduled for Saturday, December 21.
The event features a welterweight headliner to be fought between Kelvin Gastelum and Neil Magny. Gastelum entered the UFC by capturing The Ultimate Fighter honors and has compiled a 6-1 record with the promotion. Magny has piled up nine wins next to three losses, most recently defeating Erick Silva via split decision.
Featherweights Ricardo Lamas and Diego Sanchez will pair up in the co-main event of the evening. Sanchez was given the nod on the scorecards in his last fight against Ross Pearson, while Lamas suffered a knockout at the hands of Chad Mendes.
Also on the card are The Ultimate Fight: Latin America II finales between Erick Montano and Enrique Marin, and Horacio Gutierrez and Enrique Barzola.
The full fight card for UFC Fight Night 78 is as follows.
UFC Fight Night 78 Main Card (10 p.m. ET)
- Neil Magny vs. Kelvin Gastelum
- Ricardo Lamas vs. Diego Sanchez
- Jussier Formiga vs. Henry Cejudo
- Erick Montano vs. Enrique Marin
- Horacio Gutierrez vs. Enrique Barzola
- Efrain Escudero vs. Leandro Silva
Prelims on Fox Sports 1 (8 p.m. ET)
- Erik Perez vs. Taylor Lapilus
- Hector Urbina vs. Bartosz Fabinski
- Alejandro Perez vs. Scott Jorgensen
- Gabriel Benitez vs. Andre Fili
Prelims on UFC Fight Pass (6:30 p.m. ET)
- Valmir Lazaro vs. Michel Prazeres
- Cesar Arzamendia vs. Polo Reyes
- Vernon Ramos vs. Alvaro Herrera
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