UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje

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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 14, 2019 (2019-09-14)
Venue Rogers Arena
City Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Attendance15,114 [1]
Total gate$1,334,931.56 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje (also known as UFC Fight Night 158 or UFC on ESPN+ 16) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 14, 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [2]

Contents

Background

A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje served as the event's headliner. [3]

A middleweight bout between former WSOF Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion David Branch and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia light heavyweight winner Andrew Sanchez was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported that Branch was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and was replaced by Marvin Vettori. [4] In turn, it was reported that Sanchez was forced to pull out of the event due to an eye infection, resulting in cancellation of the bout. [5] In turn, the pairing was left intact and was rescheduled a month later at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson. [6]

A welterweight bout between Michel Pereira and Sergey Khandozhko was scheduled for the event. However, it was reported that Khandozhko was removed from the card due to visa issues. [7] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Tristan Connelly. [8] At the weigh-ins, Pereira weighed in at 172 pounds, 1 pound over the welterweight non-title fight limit of 171. He was fined 20% of his purse and his bout with Connelly proceeded at a catchweight. [9]

Results

Main Card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Justin Gaethje def. Donald Cerrone TKO (punches)14:18
Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira def. Nikita Krylov Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Heavyweight Todd Duffee vs. Jeff Hughes No Contest (accidental eye poke)14:03 [lower-alpha 1]
Catchweight (172 lb) Tristan Connelly def. Michel Pereira Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27)35:00
Middleweight Uriah Hall def. Antônio Carlos Júnior Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
Light Heavyweight Misha Cirkunov def. Jimmy Crute Submission (peruvian necktie)13:38
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight Augusto Sakai def. Marcin Tybura KO (punches)10:59
Bantamweight Miles Johns def. Cole Smith Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Hunter Azure def. Brad Katona Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Featherweight Chas Skelly def. Jordan Griffin Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Louis Smolka def.Ryan MacDonaldTKO (punches)14:43
Lightweight Austin Hubbard def. Kyle Prepolec Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
  1. ↑ An accidental eye poke rendered Duffee unable to continue.

[10]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [1]

See also

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  9. ↑ Newswire (2019-09-13). "UFC Vancouver weigh-in results: Michel Pereira fails to make weight, but fight against Tristan Connelly still on". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  10. ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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