UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | March 11, 2017 | |||
Venue | Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste | |||
City | Fortaleza, Brazil | |||
Attendance | 14,069[1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum (also known as UFC Fight Night 106) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 11, 2017, at the Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil.[2]
Background
The event was the second that the promotion has hosted in
A middleweight bout between former
Ion Cuțelaba was briefly linked to a bout against Henrique da Silva at the event. However the bout never materialized due to an undisclosed injury for Cuțelaba. da Silva was expected to remain on the card against another opponent, but elected to take another fight at a separate event.[5][6]
Alex Nicholson was briefly linked to a bout with promotional newcomer Paulo Costa at the event. However, Nicholson was removed from the pairing in favor of Garreth McLellan.[7]
Max Griffin was expected to face Sérgio Moraes at the event. However, Griffin pulled out of the fight on March 2 citing an undisclosed injury.[8] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Davi Ramos.[9]
Godofredo Pepey and Kyle Bochniak were expected to face each other at the event. However, both fighters pulled out of the fight during the week leading up to the event citing injuries and the bout was scrapped.[10]
Results
Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Kelvin Gastelum | vs. | Vitor Belfort | No Contest (overturned) | 1 | 3:52 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Maurício Rua | def. | Gian Villante | TKO (head kick and punches) | 3 | 0:59 | |
Lightweight | Edson Barboza | def. | Beneil Dariush | KO (flying knee) | 2 | 3:35 | |
Flyweight | Ray Borg | def. | Jussier Formiga | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Bantamweight | Marion Reneau | vs. | Bethe Correia | Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Alex Oliveira | def. | Tim Means | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:38 | |
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Lightweight | Kevin Lee | def. | Francisco Trinaldo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:12 | |
Welterweight | Sérgio Moraes | def. | Davi Ramos | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Joe Soto | def. | Rani Yahya | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Michel Prazeres | def. | Josh Burkman | Submission (north-south choke) | 1 | 1:42 | |
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Featherweight | Jeremy Kennedy | def. | Rony Jason | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Paulo Costa | def. | Garreth McLellan | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 1:17 |
- ^ Originally a TKO (punches) win for Gastelum; overturned after he tested positive for marijuana.
Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[12]
- Fight of the Night: Not awarded
- Performance of the Night: Kelvin Gastelum, Edson Barboza, Michel Prazeres and Paulo Costa
Aftermath
Gastelum was expected to face former
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2017-03-12). "UFC Fight Night 106 draws announced attendance of 14,069 for sell-out in Fortaleza, Brazil". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ a b Marcelo Barone and Raphael Marinho (2016-12-07). "UFC forwards events in Fortaleza and Rio for March and June 2017" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ^ John Morgan (2017-01-10). "UFC ditches plans for March 3 event in Las Vegas on eve of UFC 209". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-12-14). "Gastelum faces Belfort in Fortaleza main event". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ Staff (2017-01-06). "Luis Henrique da Silva expected to fight at UFC Fight Night 107 – just not against Ion Cutelaba". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2017-01-10). "Luis Henrique da Silva faces RFA champion Jordan Johnson at UFC on FOX 23". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ Staff (2017-01-20). "Garreth McLellan quickly replaces Alex Nicholson at UFC Fight Night 106". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2017-03-02). "Max Griffin announces withdrawal from UFC Fight Night 106 bout vs. Sergio Moraes". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ Marcelo Barone and Raphael Marinho (2017-03-04). "UFC calls up David Ramos to face Serginho in Fortaleza" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Staff (2017-03-07). "Godofredo Pepey vs. Kyle Bochniak scrapped from UFC Fight Night 106 in Brazil". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ Staff (2017-03-12). "UFC Fight Night 106 bonuses: With no 'Fight of Night,' who took home the 4 performance honors?". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ Damon Martin (2017-04-06). "Kelvin Gastelum pulled from fight with Anderson Silva after testing positive for marijuana". foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ Fernanda Prates and Dann Stupp (2017-05-07). "Kelvin Gastelum's win over Vitor Belfort overturned, 90-day suspension issued". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.