UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira

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UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 21, 2022 (2022-05-21)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Błachowicz vs. Rakić UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira (also known as UFC Fight Night 206, UFC on ESPN+ 64 or UFC Vegas 55) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 21, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira headlined the event. [2]

A heavyweight bout between Ben Rothwell and former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Alexander Gustafsson was expected to take place at this event. [3] However, the fight was canceled after Rothwell was released from the organization in late March. [4] Gustafsson would go on to face Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight bout at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall. [5]

Maxim Grishin was expected to face Jailton Almeida in a light heavyweight bout at the event. [6] However, Grishin pulled out due to undisclosed reasons in late April. Almeida decided to move up to heavyweight and faced Parker Porter instead. [7]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Bantamweight Ketlen Vieira def. Holly Holm Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)55:00
Welterweight Michel Pereira def. Santiago Ponzinibbio Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Middleweight Chidi Njokuani def. Duško Todorović KO (elbow)14:48
Women's Strawweight Tabatha Ricci def. Polyana Viana Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Middleweight Jun Yong Park def. Eryk Anders Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
MiddleweightJoseph Holmesdef. Alen Amedovski Submission (rear-naked choke)11:04
Heavyweight Jailton Almeida def. Parker Porter Submission (rear-naked choke)14:35
Lightweight Uroš Medić def. Omar Morales TKO (punches)23:05
Bantamweight Jonathan Martinez def. Vince Morales Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Chase Hooper def. Felipe Colares TKO (punches)33:00
Women's Strawweight Sam Hughes def. Elise Reed TKO (elbow and punches)33:52

    [8]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [9]

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