UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | ||||
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![]() The poster for UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | November 22, 2014 | |||
Venue | Frank Erwin Center | |||
City | Austin, Texas | |||
Attendance | 10,131 [1] | |||
Total gate | $670,022 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson (also known as UFC Fight Night 57) was a mixed martial arts event held at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, on November 22, 2014. [2]
The event was the second that the organization had hosted in Austin, following UFC Fight Night 22 in 2010. [2]
The card was headlined by a featherweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson. [3]
A bout between Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran, briefly linked to UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine, was rescheduled after VanZant suffered a minor injury and took place at this event. [4]
Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Frankie Edgar | def. | Cub Swanson | Submission (neck crank) | 5 | 4:56 | |
Lightweight | Edson Barboza | def. | Bobby Green | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Chico Camus | def. | Brad Pickett | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Alexey Oleynik | def. | Jared Rosholt | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:21 | |
Flyweight | Joseph Benavidez | def. | Dustin Ortiz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Matt Wiman | def. | Isaac Vallie-Flagg | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Heavyweight | Ruslan Magomedov | def. | Josh Copeland | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Roger Narvaez | def. | Luke Barnatt | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | James Vick | def. | Nick Hein | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Akbarh Arreola | def. | Yves Edwards | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:52 | |
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Women's Strawweight | Paige VanZant | def. | Kailin Curran | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:54 | |
Featherweight | Choi Doo-ho | def. | Juan Puig | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:18 |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [6]
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