UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

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UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)
Venue Adelaide Entertainment Centre
City Adelaide, Australia
Attendance8,652 [1]
Total gate$1,026,937 [1]
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa (also known as UFC Fight Night 142) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on 2 December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia. [2]

Contents

Background

The event was the second that the promotion has contested in Adelaide, following UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt in May 2015. [2]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa served as the event headliner. [3]

The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom lightweight winner Ross Pearson was expected to face Joseph Duffy at the event. However, Pearson announced on 7 November that he was out of the bout due to a broken nose and subsequent surgery to correct the injury. [4] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Damir Ismagulov, but Duffy pulled out of citing a rib injury. [5] Ismagulov then faced fellow newcomer Alex Gorgees. [6]

Ashkan Mokhtarian was scheduled to face promotional newcomer Kai Kara-France at the event. However, on 20 November, Mokhtarian pulled out of the fight citing injury. [7] He was replaced by Elias Garcia. [8]

Luke Jumeau was scheduled to face Geoff Neal at the event. [9] However, it was reported on 9 November 2018 that Jumeau pulled from the card due to injury, resulting cancellation of the bout by the UFC official. [10]

Results

Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Junior dos Santos def. Tai Tuivasa TKO (punches)22:30
Light Heavyweight Maurício Rua def. Tyson Pedro TKO (punches)30:43
Heavyweight Justin Willis def. Mark Hunt Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Anthony Rocco Martin def. Jake Matthews Technical Submission (anaconda choke)31:19
Featherweight Sodiq Yusuff def.Suman MokhtarianTKO (punches)12:14
Light Heavyweight Jimmy Crute def. Paul Craig Submission (kimura)34:51
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Alexey Kunchenko def. Yushin Okami Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)35:00
Flyweight Wilson Reis def. Ben Nguyen Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Keita Nakamura def. Salim Touahri Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
Flyweight Kai Kara-France def.Elias GarciaDecision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26)35:00
Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Christos Giagos def. Mizuto Hirota Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–28)35:00
Lightweight Damir Ismagulov def.Alex GorgeesDecision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–26, 30–26)35:00

    [11]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [12]

    See also

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    2. 1 2 Ben Harvy (8 July 2018). "UFC announces return to Adelaide for fight night event on December 2". news.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    3. ↑ Ariel Helwani (30 August 2018). "Junior dos Santos, Tai Tuivasa to headline Dec. 2 card in Australia". espn.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
    4. ↑ Jon Fuentes (7 November 2018). "Ross Pearson out of UFC Adelaide fight with Joseph Duffy". mmanews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
    5. ↑ Nolan King (18 November 2018). "Joe Duffy vs. Damir Ismagulov set for UFC Adelaide, immediately vanceled". flocombat.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
    6. ↑ Marcel Dorff (21 November 2018). "UFC debutants Damir Ismagulov and Alex Gorgees make an appearance at UFC Adelaide" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
    7. ↑ John Morgan (21 November 2018). "Ashkan Mokhtarian out of UFC Adelaide, UFC seeks Anzac opponent for Kai Kara-France". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
    8. ↑ Staff (23 November 2018). "Elias Garcia steps in vs. Kai Kara-France at UFC Fight Night 142 in Adelaide". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
    9. ↑ "Kiwi Luke Jumeau books UFC return against Geoff Neal in Adelaide". Stuff. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
    10. ↑ "UFC Adelaide: Injury forces Luke Jumeau off card – Fight News Australia" . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
    11. ↑ "UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
    12. ↑ Staff (2 December 2018). "Two octagon newcomers among UFC Adelaide bonus winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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