| UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 15, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Sprint Center | |||
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | |||
| Attendance | 12,171 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,081,193 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis (also known as UFC on Fox 24) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 15, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. [2] [3]
The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in the state of Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. [2]
A UFC Flyweight Championship match between current champion Demetrious Johnson and Wilson Reis headlined this event. [4] The pairing was originally booked for UFC 201, but Johnson pulled out due to an undisclosed injury and the bout was scrapped. [5]
UFC officials were initially targeting a featherweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan Barão and Doo Ho Choi to serve as the event headliner. [6] However, as the announcement of the pairing began to circulate, Choi declined the bout, and as a result, Barao was rescheduled against a different opponent at another event. [7]
| Main Card (Fox) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson (c) | def. | Wilson Reis | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:49 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas | def. | Michelle Waterson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:47 | |
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | def. | Ronaldo Souza | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 3:28 | |
| Featherweight | Renato Moicano | def. | Jeremy Stephens | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Alexander Volkov | def. | Roy Nelson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Tom Duquesnoy | def. | Patrick Williams | TKO (elbow and punch) | 2 | 0:28 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Bobby Green | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Tim Elliott | def. | Louis Smolka | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling | def. | Augusto Mendes | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Devin Clark | def. | Jake Collier | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Anthony Smith | def. | Andrew Sanchez | KO (head kick and punches) | 3 | 3:52 | |
| Welterweight | Zak Cummings | def. | Nathan Coy | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:21 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Ketlen Vieira | def. | Ashlee Evans-Smith | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [9]
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