UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer

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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 10, 2024 (2024-02-10)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer (also known as UFC Fight Night 236, UFC on ESPN+ 94 and UFC Vegas 86) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 10, 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 Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer headlined the event. [3]

A middleweight bout between Rodolfo Vieira and Armen Petrosyan took place at the event. [4] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis, but the bout was scrapped after Petrosyan became ill backstage during the event. [5]

Lerone Murphy was expected to face Dan Ige in a featherweight bout at the event. [6] However, Murphy pulled out in mid January due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Andre Fili. [7] [8]

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke was expected to meet Hyder Amil in a featherweight bout at the event, but he pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Melsik Baghdasaryan. [9] [10] In turn, Baghdasaryan pulled out on fight week due to injury and was replaced by Fernie Garcia. [11]

Robert Bryczek and Albert Duraev were expected to meet in a middleweight bout at this event. [12] However, Duraev pulled out due to visa issues and was briefly replaced by Dylan Budka, but medical issues prevented him from competing. Bryczek faced Ihor Potieria instead. [13] [14] At the weigh-ins, Potieria weighed in at 187.5 pounds, one and a half pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight with Potieria forfeiting 20 percent of his purse, which went to Bryczek. [15]

A lightweight bout between Damir Hadžović and Bolaji Oki was expected to take place at the event. [16] However, Hadžović withdrew due to visa issues and was replaced by Timothy Cuamba. [17]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Jack Hermansson def. Joe Pyfer Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)55:00
Featherweight Dan Ige def. Andre Fili KO (punches)12:43
Catchweight (187.5 lb)Ihor Potieriadef.Robert BryczekDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Middleweight Gregory Rodrigues def. Brad Tavares TKO (punches)30:55
Lightweight Michael Johnson def.Darrius FlowersDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Middleweight Rodolfo Vieira def. Armen Petrosyan Submission (arm-triangle choke)14:48
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
WelterweightCarlos Pratesdef. Trevin Giles KO (punch)24:03
LightweightBolaji Okidef.Timothy CuambaDecision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Women's Strawweight Loma Lookboonmee def.Bruna BrasilDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Light Heavyweight Marcin Prachnio def. Devin Clark Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Max Griffin def. Jeremiah Wells Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
Light HeavyweightBogdan Guskovdef.Zac PaugaKO (punches)13:38
FeatherweightHyder Amildef.Fernie GarciaTKO (punches)22:12
Bantamweight Daniel Marcos vs. Aori Qileng No Contest (accidental groin kick)23:28 [lower-alpha 1]
  1. Accidental groin strike rendered Qileng unable to continue.

[18]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [19]

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