UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev

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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMarch 12, 2022 (2022-03-12)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev (also known as UFC Fight Night 203 and UFC on ESPN+ 61 or UFC Vegas 50) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 12, 2022 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Thiago Santos and Magomed Ankalaev served as the event headliner. [3]

A featherweight bout between Joshua Culibao and Damon Jackson was scheduled for the event. [4] However, Culibao was pulled from the event for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Kamuela Kirk. [5]

Former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion Ariane Lipski and JJ Aldrich were scheduled to meet in a women's flyweight bout. [6] However, Lipski was removed due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Gillian Robertson. [7]

Mandy Böhm was scheduled to meet Sabina Mazo in a women's flyweight bout at the event. [8] However, Böhm withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Miranda Maverick. [9]

A lightweight bout between Ricky Glenn and Drew Dober was expected to take place at the event. [10] However, a week before the event, Glenn withdrew due to a torn groin and was replaced by Terrance McKinney. [11]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Light Heavyweight Magomed Ankalaev def. Thiago Santos Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47)55:00
Bantamweight Song Yadong def. Marlon Moraes KO (punches)12:06
Featherweight Sodiq Yusuff def. Alex Caceres Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Light Heavyweight Khalil Rountree Jr. def. Karl Roberson TKO (body kick and punches)20:25
Lightweight Drew Dober def. Terrance McKinney TKO (knee and punches)13:17
Middleweight Alex Pereira def. Bruno Silva Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Matthew Semelsberger def.A.J. FletcherDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Women's Flyweight JJ Aldrich def. Gillian Robertson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Bantamweight Javid Basharat def. Trevin Jones Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Featherweight Damon Jackson def.Kamuela KirkSubmission (arm-triangle choke)24:42
Women's Flyweight Miranda Maverick def. Sabina Mazo Submission (rear-naked choke)22:15
Middleweight Cody Brundage def. Dalcha Lungiambula Submission (guillotine choke)13:41
Bantamweight Guido Cannetti def.Kris MoutinhoTKO (punches)12:07
Light Heavyweight Azamat Murzakanov def. Tafon Nchukwi KO (flying knee)30:44

    [12]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [13]

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