UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot

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UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMarch 30, 2024 (2024-03-30)
Venue Boardwalk Hall
City Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Attendance12,198 [1]
Total gate$2,180,601 [1]
Event chronology
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UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot (also known as UFC on ESPN 54) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 30, 2024, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

The event marked the promotion's tenth visit to Atlantic City and first since UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee in April 2018. [3]

A women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot headlined the event. [4] The bout was promoted to main event status when the original announced headliner, a welterweight bout between Sean Brady and Vicente Luque, fell through when Brady indicated he never signed a bout agreement due to dealing with an injury. [5] [6] Luque was instead matched up with Joaquin Buckley in the co-main event. [7]

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg was scheduled UFC 297, but it was postponed due to an injury sustained by Ulberg and was rescheduled for this event. [8] However, Reyes pulled out due to deep vein thrombosis and was replaced by Alonzo Menifield. [9] [10] In turn, the promotion opted to move the pairing to UFC Fight Night 241 on May 11 due to undisclosed reasons. [11]

A featherweight bout between Nate Landwehr and Pat Sabatini was expected to take place at the event. [12] However, Sabatini withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Jamall Emmers. [13]

At the weigh ins, Julio Arce weighed in at 147.25 pounds, one and a quarter pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 20 percent of his purse which went to his opponent Herbert Burns. [14]

A women's flyweight bout between Viktoriia Dudakova and Melissa Gatto was scheduled for this event. [15] Despite both women weighing in, the bout was cancelled during the broadcast due to a Dudakova illness. [16]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Women's Flyweight Manon Fiorot def. Erin Blanchfield Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)55:00
Welterweight Joaquin Buckley def. Vicente Luque TKO (punches)23:17
Middleweight Chris Weidman def. Bruno Silva Technical Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)32:18 [lower-alpha 1]
MiddleweightNursulton Ruziboevdef.Sedriques DumasTKO (punches)13:18
Featherweight Kyle Nelson def. Bill Algeo TKO (punches)14:00
Welterweight Chidi Njokuani def.Rhys McKeeDecision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Featherweight Nate Landwehr def. Jamall Emmers KO (punches)14:43
Women's Strawweight Virna Jandiroba def. Loopy Godinez Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Catchweight (147.25 lb) Julio Arce def. Herbert Burns TKO (punches)22:00 [lower-alpha 2]
FeatherweightDennis Buzukjadef.Connor MatthewsTKO (punches)30:22
Light HeavyweightIbo Aslandef.Anton TurkaljTKO (punch)31:32
Middleweight Jacob Malkoun def. Andre Petroski TKO (soccer kick to the body)20:39
BantamweightCaolán Loughrandef.Angel PachecoDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)35:00
  1. ↑ Originally ruled a TKO (punches) win for Weidman; changed to a decision by the athletic commission due to Silva suffering an eye poke leading to the stoppage.
  2. ↑ Burns was deducted 1 point in round 1 due to repeated illegal groin strikes.

[17]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [18]

See also

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