| UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 11, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Spark Arena | |||
| City | Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Attendance | 8,649 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,150,428 NZD [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt (also known as UFC Fight Night 110) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on 11 June 2017 at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. [2]
The event was the second that the promotion has hosted in Auckland, following UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt in June 2014. [2]
A heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former interim title contender Mark Hunt served as the main event. [3]
Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Joseph Benavidez was expected to face Ben Nguyen at the event. However, Benavidez pulled out of the fight citing a knee injury on 10 May. [4] He was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner and fellow former title challenger Tim Elliott. [5]
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 middleweight winner Warlley Alves was expected to face Kiichi Kunimoto, but pulled out on May 18 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Zak Ottow. [6]
Promotional newcomer Nadia Kassem was scheduled to face JJ Aldrich, but pulled out on May 31 and was replaced by fellow newcomer Chan-Mi Jeon. [7]
At the weigh-ins, Jeon came in at 118 lb, two pounds over the women's strawweight limit of 116 lb. As a result, she was fined 20% of the purse, which will go to Aldrich and the bout proceeded as scheduled at a catchweight. [8]
Just hours before the event, Thibault Gouti pulled out of a scheduled lightweight bout against Dong Hyun Kim due to illness, prompting Kim's removal as well. [9]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | def. | Derrick Lewis | TKO (punches) | 4 | 3:51 | |
| Middleweight | Derek Brunson | def. | Dan Kelly | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:16 | |
| Lightweight | Dan Hooker | def. | Ross Pearson | KO (knee) | 2 | 3:02 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | def. | Henrique da Silva | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:22 | |
| Flyweight | Ben Nguyen | def. | Tim Elliott | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:49 | |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Vinc Pichel | def. | Damien Brown | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Welterweight | Luke Jumeau | def. | Dominique Steele | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | John Moraga | def. | Ashkan Mokhtarian | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Zak Ottow | def. | Kiichi Kunimoto | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Catchweight (118 lb) | JJ Aldrich | def. | Chan-Mi Jeon | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [11]
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