UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green

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UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 7, 2023 (2023-10-07)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza

UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green (also known as UFC Fight Night 229, UFC on ESPN+ 87 and UFC Vegas 80) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 7, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A lightweight bout between Grant Dawson and Bobby Green headlined the event. [3]

A featherweight bout between Daniel Pineda and Khusein Askhabov was scheduled for this event. [4] However on September 11, Askhabov was arrested after being connected to a kidnap and torture crime in Thailand and the bout was cancelled. [5]

A women's flyweight bout between Montana De La Rosa and Stephanie Egger was expected to take place at the event. [6] However, Egger pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by JJ Aldrich. [7]

A bantamweight bout between Chris Gutiérrez and Montel Jackson was expected to take place at the event. However, Jackson withdrew for unknown reasons and Gutiérrez was instead scheduled to face Alateng Heili one week later at UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza. [8]

A light heavyweight between Ion Cuțelaba and Philipe Lins was expected to take place at the event. [9] However, the bout was cancelled the day of the event for unknown reasons. [10]

Results

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Bobby Green def. Grant Dawson KO (punches)10:33
MiddleweightJoe Pyferdef. Abdul Razak Alhassan Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)22:05
Welterweight Joaquin Buckley def. Alex Morono Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)35:00
Lightweight Drew Dober def. Ricky Glenn TKO (punches)12:36
Featherweight Bill Algeo def. Alexander Hernandez Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Diana Belbiţă Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Flyweight Nate Maness def.Mateus MendonçaTKO (punches)14:40
Women's Strawweight Vanessa Demopoulos def. Kanako Murata Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Aori Qileng def. Johnny Muñoz Jr. Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Women's Flyweight JJ Aldrich def. Montana De La Rosa Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00

    [11]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [12]

    See also

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