| UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 10, 2016 | |||
| Venue | Arena Zagreb | |||
| City | Zagreb, Croatia | |||
| Attendance | 13,177 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $549,000 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos (also known as UFC Fight Night 86) was a mixed martial arts event held on April 10, 2016, at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. [2]
The event was the first that the organization has hosted in Croatia. [2]
A heavyweight bout between Ben Rothwell and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos served as the event headliner. [3]
Bartosz Fabiński was expected to face Nicolas Dalby at the event. However, on March 2, Fabiński was removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Zak Cummings. [4]
Ruslan Magomedov was expected to face former heavyweight title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga at the event, but pulled out on March 9 due to a knee injury. [5] Gonzaga faced Derrick Lewis instead. [6]
Promotional newcomer Bojan Mihajlović was expected to face Francis Ngannou at the event. However, Mihajlović was removed from the card on March 14 due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by fellow promotional newcomer Curtis Blaydes. [7]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Ben Rothwell | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | def. | Gabriel Gonzaga | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:48 | |
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | def. | Curtis Blaydes | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Timothy Johnson | def. | Marcin Tybura | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | def. | Igor Pokrajac | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Maryna Moroz | def. | Cristina Stanciu | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Zak Cummings | def. | Nicolas Dalby | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Alejandro Pérez | def. | Ian Entwistle | Verbal Submission (strikes) | 1 | 4:04 | |
| Lightweight | Mairbek Taisumov | def. | Damir Hadžović | TKO (punch) | 1 | 3:44 | |
| Bantamweight | Damian Stasiak | def. | Filip Pejić | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:16 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Lucas Martins | def. | Robert Whiteford | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Jared Cannonier | def. | Cyril Asker | KO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 2:44 | |
| Middleweight | Bojan Veličković | def. | Alessio Di Chirico | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [9]
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