UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | May 3, 2025 | |||
Venue | Wells Fargo Arena | |||
City | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | |||
Attendance | 15,627 [1] | |||
Total gate | $2,476,690 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo (also known as UFC on ESPN 67) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 3, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. [2]
The event marked the promotion's debut in Des Moines and first visit to the state of Iowa since UFC 26 in June 2000. [2]
A bantamweight bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo headlined the event. [3]
A bantamweight bout between former title challenger Marlon Vera and Mario Bautista was scheduled for this event. [4] However, the bout was moved to UFC 316 for unknown reasons. [5]
A featherweight bout between Trevor Peek and Lee Jeong-yeong was scheduled for this event. [6] However, Peek withdrew from the fight due to a fractured leg and the bout was subsequently cancelled as Lee was rescheduled against a different opponent at UFC 315. [7] [8]
Junior Tafa was expected to face Tuco Tokkos in a light heavyweight bout on the main card. [9] However, Tafa pulled out in late April due to an injury. Subsequently, the promotion announced that Tokkos could not compete at this event due to injury as well. [10] [11] The bout was eventually rescheduled for UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira in July. [12]
Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Cory Sandhagen | def. | Deiveson Figueiredo | TKO (knee injury) | 2 | 4:08 | |
Middleweight | Reinier de Ridder | def. | Bo Nickal | TKO (knees) | 2 | 1:53 | |
Welterweight | Daniel Rodriguez | def. | Santiago Ponzinibbio | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:12 | |
Bantamweight | Montel Jackson | def. | Daniel Marcos | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Serhiy Sidey | def. | Cameron Smotherman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Mason Jones | def. | Jeremy Stephens | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Women's Bantamweight | Yana Santos | def. | Miesha Tate | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Azamat Bekoev | def. | Ryan Loder | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:44 | |
Women's Strawweight | Gillian Robertson | def. | Marina Rodriguez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:07 | |
Bantamweight | Quang Le | def. | Gastón Bolaños | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:54 | |
Heavyweight | Thomas Petersen | def. | Don'Tale Mayes | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Juliana Miller | def. | Ivana Petrović | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [14]