UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | June 24, 2023 | |||
Venue | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | |||
City | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | |||
Attendance | 14,101 [1] | |||
Total gate | $1,491,128.63. [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria (also known as UFC on ABC 5) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 24, 2023 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [2]
The event marked the promotion's sixth visit to Jacksonville and first since UFC 273 in April 2022. [2]
A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria was originally expected to serve as the main event of UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier one week earlier, but it was rescheduled to headline this event instead. [3]
Former LFA Middleweight Champion Gregory Rodrigues and Dennis Tiuliulin were expected to meet in a middleweight bout at the main card. [4] However, the bout was postponed to UFC 292 due to an undisclosed withdrawal of Tiuliulin. [5]
A lightweight bout between Trevor Peek and Victor Martinez was expected to take place at the event. [6] However, Martinez withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Jose Mariscal. [7]
Punahele Soriano was expected to face Sedriques Dumas in a middleweight bout at the event. [8] However, on June 15 it was announced that Soriano pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Cody Brundage. [9]
At the weigh-ins, Loik Radzhabov and Kleydson Rodrigues missed weight. Radzhabov weighed in at 157.25 pounds and Rodrigues weighed in at 129 pounds, one and quarter pounds over the lightweight and three pounds over the flyweight non-title fights limit respectively. Radzhabov's bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to his opponent Mateusz Rebęcki. As a result of the weight miss, Rodrigues's bout with Tatsuro Taira was cancelled. [10]
Main Card (ABC / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Ilia Topuria | def. | Josh Emmett | Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–42, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Maycee Barber | def. | Amanda Ribas | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 3:42 | |
Heavyweight | Austen Lane | vs. | Justin Tafa | No Contest (accidental eye poke) | 1 | 0:29 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | David Onama | def. | Gabriel Santos | KO (punch) | 2 | 4:13 | |
Middleweight | Brendan Allen | def. | Bruno Silva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:39 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Welterweight | Neil Magny | def. | Philip Rowe | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Randy Brown | def. | Wellington Turman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (157.25 lb) | Mateusz Rębecki | def. | Loik Radzhabov | TKO (punch) | 2 | 2:36 | |
Women's Strawweight | Tabatha Ricci | def. | Gillian Robertson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Joshua Van | def. | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Jose Mariscal | def. | Trevor Peek | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Jack Jenkins | def. | Jamall Emmers | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Sedriques Dumas | def. | Cody Brundage | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [12]
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