UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | August 26, 2023 | |||
Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
City | Singapore | |||
Attendance | 10,263 [1] | |||
Total gate | $1,288,777 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie (also known as UFC Fight Night 225 and UFC on ESPN+ 83) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 26, 2023, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. [2]
The event marked the promotion's sixth visit to Singapore and first since UFC 275 in June 2022. [2]
A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway and former title challenger Jung Chan-sung served as the event's headliner. [3]
A women's flyweight bout between former UFC Women's Flyweight Championship challenger Taila Santos and Erin Blanchfield took place at this event. [4] They were previously scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield but Santos withdrew after her cornermen were denied visas into the United States. [5]
Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Max Holloway | def. | Jung Chan-sung | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:23 | |
Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | def. | Ryan Spann | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Giga Chikadze | def. | Alex Caceres | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | def. | Fernie Garcia | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Erin Blanchfield | def. | Taila Santos | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Junior Tafa | def. | Parker Porter | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:24 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | def. | Łukasz Brzeski | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:01 | |
Bantamweight | Garrett Armfield | def. | Toshiomi Kazama | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:16 | |
Middleweight | Michał Oleksiejczuk | def. | Chidi Njokuani | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:16 | |
Welterweight | Song Kenan | def. | Rolando Bedoya | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Billy Goff | def. | Yusaku Kinoshita | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:49 | |
Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | def. | Liang Na | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 4:49 | |
Featherweight | Choi Seung-woo | def. | Jarno Errens | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [7]
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