
Neil Magny
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Biography
Neil Magny is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), competing in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Magny made a name for himself as a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson. As of June 30, 2020, he is #14 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
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The Ultimate Fighter

UFC on ESPN 73: Royval vs. Kape was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 13, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape headlined the event.
UFC on ESPN 73: Royval vs. Kape

UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 19, 2023, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Aljamain Sterling and Sean O'Malley headlined the event and a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Zhang Weili and Amanda Lemos served as the co-headliner. The lightweight and bantamweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler took place at the event.
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley

UFC Fight Night 40: Brown vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event held on May 10, 2014, at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.
UFC Fight Night 40: Brown vs. Silva

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 30, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Amanda Nunes and former champion Ronda Rousey. A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Dominick Cruz and Cody Garbrandt co-headlined the event.
UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey

UFC Fight Night 66: Edgar vs. Faber was a mixed martial arts event held on May 16, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between former UFC Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and former WEC Featherweight champion Urijah Faber.
UFC Fight Night 66: Edgar vs. Faber

UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on August 20, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The event was headlined by a welterweight rematch between The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner and former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor.
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2

UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 26, 2022 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus headlined the event.
UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus

UFC Fight Night 60: Henderson vs. Thatch was a mixed martial arts event held on February 14, 2015 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
UFC Fight Night 60: Henderson vs. Thatch

UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir was a mixed martial arts event held on March 20, 2016 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. It was headlined by a heavyweight bout between the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix and former interim title contender Mark Hunt and former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir.
UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 30, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. A UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Cris Cyborg (who is also a former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion and Invicta FC Featherweight Champion) and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm headlined this event.
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm

UFC Fight Night 130: Thompson vs. Till was a mixed martial arts event produced by the UFC that was held on May 27, 2018, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Darren Till headlined the event.
UFC Fight Night 130: Thompson vs. Till

The UFC made history on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Undefeated superstar "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey defends her UFC bantamweight title against Marine Corps veteran Liz Carmouche in the first women's fight ever in the UFC Octagon. UFC 157 also featured the showdown between all time great Dan Henderson and former light heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Plus, see the return of "The California Kid" Urijah Faber in his rematch against Ivan Menjivar.
UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche

UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 24, 2023 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria headlined this event.
UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 9, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie was a mixed martial arts event held on August 3, 2013 at the HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
UFC 163: Aldo vs Korean Zombie

UFC Fight Night 247: Magny vs. Prates was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 9, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Carlos Prates served as the event headliner.
UFC Fight Night 247: Magny vs. Prates

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 7, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Israel Adesanya and former interim title challenger (as well as 2000 Olympic silver medalist and former world champion in freestyle wrestling) Yoel Romero headlined the event.
UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero

UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and #5 contender Bethe Correia.
UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II was a mixed martial arts event held on February 1, 2014, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.