UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa

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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMarch 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)
Venue The O2 Arena
City London, England
Attendance14,604 [1]
Total gate$2,000,056 [1]
Event chronology
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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa (also known as UFC Fight Night 37 [2] ) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 8, 2014, at The O2 Arena in London, England. [3] The event was shown live in the UK on Channel 5 and BT Sport and in the United States on UFC Fight Pass.

Contents

Background

A bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Jimi Manuwa headlined the event. [3]

UFC President Dana White initially announced that a bout between Gustafsson and Antônio Rogério Nogueira would be headlining the event. [4] However, just 5 days after the fight was announced news came that Nogueira had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury. [5] [6] Later, reports came that said that Nogueira had never agreed to take the fight against Gustafsson at all. [7]

Ross Pearson was expected to face Melvin Guillard in a rematch at the event. However, Pearson pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Michael Johnson. [8]

Brad Pickett was expected to make his Flyweight debut against Ian McCall on this card. [9] However, on February 13, it was announced that McCall had pulled out of the bout and was replaced by promotional newcomer Neil Seery. [10]

A bout between Roland Delorme and Davey Grant was cancelled after the weigh ins the day before the event due to Grant suffering a torn meniscus. [11] [12]

Results

Fight card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson def. Jimi Manuwa TKO (knee and punches)21:18
Lightweight Michael Johnson def. Melvin Guillard Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Flyweight Brad Pickett def. Neil Seery Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Gunnar Nelson def. Omari Akhmedov Submission (guillotine choke)14:36
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi def. Cyrille Diabaté Submission (ninja choke) [13] 13:02
Middleweight Luke Barnatt def. Mats Nilsson TKO (head kick and punches)14:24
Middleweight Cláudio Silva def. Brad Scott Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Igor Araújo def. Danny Mitchell Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Flyweight Louis Gaudinot vs. Phil Harris No Contest (overturned)11:13 [a]
  1. ↑ Originally a submission (guillotine choke) victory for Gaudinot, the result was changed to "No Contest" after Gaudinot tested positive for a banned diuretic during a post fight screening. [14]

[15]

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [16]

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  2. ↑ "UFC Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Staff (5 November 2013). "Jimi Manuwa meets Alexander Gustafsson when UFC returns to London in March". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alexander Gustafsson vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira set for march 8 in London". mmajunkie.com. 26 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Antonio Rogerio Nogueira injured, out of Alexander Gustafsson fight". mmafighting.com. 31 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Injury forces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira out of bout with Alexander Gustafsson". mmajunkie.com. 1 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "UFC boss reveals: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira never agreed to face Gustafsson". mmajunkie.com. 10 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Staff (23 January 2014). "Michael Johnson replaces Ross Pearson, meets Melvin Guillard at UFC Fight Night 37". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Adam Guillen Jr. (8 November 2013). "Brad Pickett drops down to flyweight, wants fight at UFC London event in March of 2014". mmamania.com.
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  11. ↑ Staff (7 March 2014). "Saturday's UFC Fight Night 37 lineup loses a bout". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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  13. ↑ The Daily Telegraph
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