UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee

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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateApril 21, 2018 (2018-04-21)
Venue Boardwalk Hall
City Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance9,541 [1]
Total gate$923,720 [1]
Event chronology
UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee (also known as UFC Fight Night 128) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [2]

Contents

Background

The event marked the promotion's ninth visit to Atlantic City, the first since July 2014. The promotion last contested an event at Boardwalk Hall in June 2005. [2]

A lightweight bout between Edson Barboza and former interim UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Kevin Lee served as the event headliner. [3]

A light heavyweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins was originally scheduled for UFC 217. However, Cummins pulled out due to a staph infection. [4] The bout took place at this event. [5]

Paulo Costa was expected to face Uriah Hall at the event. However, Costa pulled out of the fight in mid-March with an arm injury. [6] In turn, promotion officials elected to pull Hall from the event and reschedule the pairing for a future event. [7]

Augusto Mendes was pulled from a bout against Merab Dvalishvili due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018. [8] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Simón. [9]

Former WSOF Flyweight Champion Magomed Bibulatov was expected to face Ulka Sasaki, but he pulled out a day before the event, citing back injury and the bout was cancelled. [10]

At the weigh-ins, Lee weighed in at 157 pounds, one pound over the lightweight non-title fight upper limit of 156 pounds. As a result, the bout proceeded at catchweight and Lee was fined 20% of his purse which will go to his opponent Barboza. [11] Aspen Ladd weighed in at 137.8 pounds, 1.8 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight upper limit of 136 pounds. Ladd supposedly offered Leslie Smith an additional $5,000 on top of her 20% purse deduction. However, the fight was removed from the card after Smith refused to fight at catchweight. [12] Subsequently, the UFC paid Smith her show and win money but then released her from the promotion. [13]

Results

Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Catchweight (157 lb) Kevin Lee def. Edson Barboza TKO (doctor stoppage)52:18
Featherweight Frankie Edgar def. Cub Swanson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Heavyweight Justin Willis def. Chase Sherman Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Middleweight David Branch def. Thiago Santos KO (punches)12:30
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling def. Brett Johns Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Dan Hooker def. Jim Miller KO (knee)13:00
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Ryan LaFlare def. Alex Garcia Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Bantamweight Ricky Simón def. Merab Dvalishvili Technical Submission (guillotine choke)35:00
Welterweight Siyar Bahadurzada def. Luan Chagas KO (kick to the body and punch)22:40
Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson def. Patrick Cummins Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Anthony Rocco Martin def. Keita Nakamura Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00

    [14]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [15]

    See also

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