UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov

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UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 3, 2024 (2024-02-03)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov (also known as UFC Fight Night 235, UFC on ESPN+ 93 and UFC Vegas 85) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 3, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A middleweight bout between Roman Dolidze and Nassourdine Imavov headlined the event. [3]

A flyweight bout between Nate Maness and Azat Maksum was expected to take place at the event. [4] However, Maness pulled out in early January due to injury and was replaced by former LFA Flyweight Champion Charles Johnson. [5]

William Gomis was expected to face Melsik Baghdasaryan in a featherweight bout at this event. [6] However, Gomis pulled out due to undisclosed reasons in early January and the bout was scrapped. [7]

Kiefer Crosbie and Themba Gorimbo were scheduled to meet in a welterweight bout. [8] However on January 5, it was announced that Crosbie pulled out due to an injury. [7] Pete Rodriguez was announced as the replacement. [9]

A welterweight bout between Muslim Salikhov and Randy Brown took place at the event. [10] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at UFC 296 last December, but Brown withdrew due to illness. [11]

At the weigh-ins, Luana Carolina weighed in at 128 pounds, two pounds over the women's flyweight non-title fight limit. Her bout proceeded at catchweight with Carolina forfeiting an 20 percentage of her purse, which went to her opponent former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Julija Stoliarenko. [12]

Results

Fight card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Nassourdine Imavov def. Roman Dolidze Decision (majority) (49–44, 47–47, 48–46)55:00 [a]
Lightweight Renato Moicano def. Drew Dober Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Randy Brown def. Muslim Salikhov KO (punches)13:17
Women's Flyweight Natália Silva def. Viviane Araújo Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
MiddleweightAliaskhab Khizrievvs. Makhmud Muradov No Contest (accidental eye poke)10:11 [b]
WelterweightCharles Radtkedef.Gilbert UrbinaTKO (punches)14:47
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Strawweight Molly McCann def. Diana Belbiţă Submission (armbar)14:59
Flyweight Charles Johnson def.Azat MaksumDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Themba Gorimbo def.Pete RodriguezTKO (punches)10:32
FeatherweightLee Jeong-yeongdef.Blake BilderDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Catchweight (129 lb) Luana Carolina def. Julija Stoliarenko TKO (punches)34:52
LightweightMarquel Mederosdef.Landon QuiñonesDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
HeavyweightJamal Poguesdef.Thomas PetersenDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
  1. ↑ Imavov was deducted one point in round 4 due to an illegal soccer kick.
  2. ↑ Accidental eye poke rendered Muradov unable to continue.

[13]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [14]

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