UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt

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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
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Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)
VenueUFC Apex
CityEnterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNone (behind closed doors)[1]
Event chronology
UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt (also known as UFC Fight Night 188, UFC on ESPN+ 46 and UFC Vegas 27) was a

Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2][3]

Background

A bantamweight bout between former

UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and Rob Font served as the main event.[4]

Ricardo Ramos and Bill Algeo were originally scheduled to meet in a bantamweight bout five weeks earlier at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum, but Ramos was pulled from the fight during the week leading up to the event after he tested positive for COVID-19.[5] The pairing was left intact and took place at this event.[6]

Denys Bondar was expected to face Victor Rodriguez in a flyweight bout at the event.[7] However, Bondar was forced to pull out in late April due to an injury and was replaced by Bruno Gustavo da Silva.[8]

Promotional newcomer

UFC Women's Featherweight Championship challenger Felicia Spencer in a women's featherweight bout at the event.[9] However, Wolf pulled out of the fight in early May due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Norma Dumont.[10]

A heavyweight bout between Rodrigo Nascimento and Alan Baudot was originally expected to take place at this event.[11] However, they were rescheduled for UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés after Baudot got injured.[12]

A middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Edmen Shahbazyan was originally expected to take place one week prior at UFC 262.[13] However, the bout was postponed due to a COVID-19 case in Hermansson's camp and took place at this event instead.[14]

Ben Rothwell and Philipe Lins were scheduled to meet in a heavyweight bout in March at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad, but it was cancelled due to an injury to Rothwell.[15] They were then rescheduled for UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson, but the bout fell through once again as Lins got ill a day before their fight.[16] They were then expected to compete at this event.[17] However, yet again, Lins was pulled from the event for undisclosed reasons and briefly replaced by promotional newcomer Askar Mozharov.[18] Just hours later, the Ukrainian subsequently announced that he would not be able to get a visa in time for the event.[19] He was eventually replaced by fellow newcomer Chris Barnett.[20]

A women's bantamweight bout between

Lupita Godinez.[22] The bout was scrapped completely a day later as Godinez wasn't able to get her visa in time.[23]

A flyweight bout between Raulian Paiva and David Dvořák was scheduled to take place at the event.[24] However, Paiva pulled out of the fight on the day before the event due to ill effects related to his weight cut. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Juancamilo Ronderos.[25] At the weigh-ins, Ronderos weighed in at 128.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the division's non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 20% of his purse, which went to Dvořák.[26]

A lightweight bout between Yancy Medeiros and Damir Hadžović was scheduled for the event.[27] However, it was pulled from the card just hours before taking place due to health issues with Hadžović.[28]

UFC lightweight contender and color commentator Paul Felder, who was doing commentary for this event, announced his retirement from MMA during the live broadcast.[29]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Rob Font def. Cody Garbrandt Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 50–45, 50–45) 5 5:00
Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza def. Yan Xiaonan TKO (punches) 2 2:58
Heavyweight Jared Vanderaa def. Justin Tafa Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont def. Felicia Spencer Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Ricardo Ramos def. Bill Algeo Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Jack Hermansson def. Edmen Shahbazyan Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight Ben Rothwell def. Chris Barnett Submission (guillotine choke) 2 2:07
Welterweight Court McGee def. Cláudio Silva Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 29–27) 3 5:00
Flyweight Bruno Gustavo da Silva def. Victor Rodriguez KO (punches) 1 1:00
Featherweight Joshua Culibao def. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Catchweight (128.5 lb) David Dvořák def. Juancamilo Ronderos Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:18
Lightweight Damir Ismagulov def. Rafael Alves Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

[30]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[31]

  • Fight of the Night: Jared Vanderaa vs. Justin Tafa
  • Performance of the Night: Carla Esparza and Bruno Gustavo da Silva

See also

References

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  2. ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2021-03-19). "Rob Font set to battle Cody Garbrandt". ufc.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  3. ^ Steven Marrocco (2021-04-01). "UFC requests four events for May at UFC APEX in Las Vegas". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ^ Daniel Cunningham (2021-03-18). "BREAKING: UFC booking main event between Cody Garbrandt and Rob Font". empiresportsmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  5. ^ Guilherme Cruz and Mike Heck (2021-04-14). "Ricardo Ramos withdraws from UFC Vegas 24 after positive COVID-19 test". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. ^ Nolan King and Farah Hannoun (2021-04-21). "After COVID-19 cancellation, Bill Algeo vs. Ricardo Ramos added to UFC Fight Night 188 on May 22". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  7. ^ Jake Broderick (2021-03-02). "Victor Rodriguez and Denys Bondar meet at UFC Fight Night 192". overtimeheroics.net. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  8. ^ Staff (2021-04-30). "Bondar injured, Bruno Silva faces Victor Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night on May 22". explica.co. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  9. ^ Alexander K. Lee and Damon Martin (2021-02-22). "Felicia Spencer vs. Danyelle Wolf targeted for May 22 UFC event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  10. ^ Staff (2021-05-06). "With Danyelle Wolf out, Felicia Spencer meets Norma Dumont at UFC Fight Night 188". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  11. ^ Staff (2021-02-28). "French Alan Baudot returns to the UFC on May 22!". lasueur.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09. (in French)
  12. ^ Sergio Pineiro (2021-05-07). "BREAKING: Heavyweight bout between Alan Baudot and Rodrigo Nascimento pushed to July 17". fighterpath.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  13. ^ Damon Martin (2021-03-20). "Jack Hermansson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan booked for UFC 262". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  14. ^ Nolan King (2021-05-10). "UFC 262 loses Jack Hermansson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan; bout pushed back one week". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  15. ^ Guilherme Cruz and Damon Martin (2021-03-09). "Ben Rothwell vs. Philipe Lins fight at UFC Vegas 21 postponed". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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  20. ^ David Van Auken (2021-05-13). "Chris Barnett inks multi fight deal with the UFC, faces Ben Rothwell in UFC debut!". fightbananas.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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  31. ^ Staff (2021-05-22). "UFC Fight Night 188 bonuses: Carla Esparza's dominance leads to extra $50,000". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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