UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot

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UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 25, 2022 (2022-06-25)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier

UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot (also known as UFC on ESPN 38 and UFC Vegas 57) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 25, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and former KSW Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Mateusz Gamrot headlined the event. [3]

A flyweight bout between Tagir Ulanbekov and Tyson Nam was expected to take place at the event, despite never being officially announced. [4] They were originally expected to meet a year earlier at UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige, but the matchup did not take place due to an undisclosed illness for Ulanbekov.

Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner) Tim Elliott was expected to face Amir Albazi in a flyweight bout. [5] However, Elliott pulled out in mid June due to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus injuries. [6] [7] Albazi was rescheduled against Francisco Figueiredo at UFC 278. [8]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Mateusz Gamrot def. Arman Tsarukyan Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)55:00
Welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov def. Neil Magny Submission (guillotine choke)24:58
Heavyweight Josh Parisian def. Alan Baudot TKO (punches)23:04
Lightweight Thiago Moisés def. Christos Giagos Submission (rear-naked choke)13:05
Bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov def. Nate Maness Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–25)35:00
Middleweight Chris Curtis def. Rodolfo Vieira Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Carlos Ulberg def. Tafon Nchukwi TKO (punches)11:15
Featherweight Shayilan Nuerdanbieke def. T.J. Brown Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Sergey Morozov def. Raulian Paiva Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Flyweight Cody Durden def.JP BuysTKO (punches)11:08
Bantamweight Mario Bautista def. Brian Kelleher Submission (rear-naked choke)12:27
Women's Strawweight Vanessa Demopoulos def. Jinh Yu Frey Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)35:00

    [9]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [10]

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