UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | October 7, 2023 | |||
Venue | UFC Apex | |||
City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
Attendance | Not announced [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green (also known as UFC Fight Night 229, UFC on ESPN+ 87 and UFC Vegas 80) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 7, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]
A lightweight bout between Grant Dawson and Bobby Green headlined the event. [3]
A featherweight bout between Daniel Pineda and Khusein Askhabov was scheduled for this event. [4] However on September 11, Askhabov was arrested after being connected to a kidnap and torture crime in Thailand and the bout was cancelled. [5]
A women's flyweight bout between Montana De La Rosa and Stephanie Egger was expected to take place at the event. [6] However, Egger pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by JJ Aldrich. [7]
A bantamweight bout between Chris Gutiérrez and Montel Jackson was expected to take place at the event. However, Jackson withdrew for unknown reasons and Gutiérrez was instead scheduled to face Alateng Heili one week later at UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza. [8]
A light heavyweight between Ion Cuțelaba and Philipe Lins was expected to take place at the event. [9] However, the bout was cancelled the day of the event for unknown reasons. [10]
Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | Grant Dawson | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:33 | |
Middleweight | Joe Pyfer | def. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:05 | |
Welterweight | Joaquin Buckley | def. | Alex Morono | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Drew Dober | def. | Ricky Glenn | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | |
Featherweight | Bill Algeo | def. | Alexander Hernandez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | def. | Diana Belbiţă | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Nate Maness | def. | Mateus Mendonça | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:40 | |
Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | def. | Kanako Murata | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Aori Qileng | def. | Johnny Muñoz Jr. | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | def. | Montana De La Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [12]
Bobby King Green is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Green is the former King of the Cage Lightweight Champion and Junior Welterweight Champion, and in addition he has also competed in Tachi Palace Fights, Strikeforce, and Affliction. As of April 16, 2024, he is #15 in the UFC lightweight rankings.
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