UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | April 19, 2014 | |||
Venue | Amway Center | |||
City | Orlando, Florida | |||
Attendance | 14,410 [1] | |||
Total gate | $1,651,776 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne (also known as UFC on Fox 11) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 19, 2014, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
The event was headlined by a heavyweight number one contenders bout between Fabrício Werdum and Travis Browne. [2]
Sean Soriano was expected to face Estevan Payan at this event. However, Soriano was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Mike Brown. [3] In turn, Brown was forced out of the bout and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alex White. [4]
Amanda Nunes was expected to face UFC newcomer Alexis Dufresne on this card, [5] but the bout was cancelled when Dufresne was injured.
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face Jordan Mein at this event. However, Ponzinibbio was removed from the bout and was replaced by Hernani Perpetuo. [6]
Josh Samman was expected to face Caio Magalhães at the event. However, on April 8, Samman pulled out of the bout citing a hamstring injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Luke Zachrich. [7]
The event had an average of 2.5 million viewers with 3.3 million viewers during the main event. [8]
Main Card (Fox) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Fabrício Werdum | def. | Travis Browne | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Women's Bantamweight | Miesha Tate | def. | Liz Carmouche | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Donald Cerrone | def. | Edson Barboza | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:15 | |
Middleweight | Yoel Romero | def. | Brad Tavares | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov | def. | Rafael dos Anjos | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Thiago Alves | def. | Seth Baczynski | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Jorge Masvidal | def. | Pat Healy | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Alex White | def. | Estevan Payan | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:28 | |
Middleweight | Caio Magalhães | def. | Luke Zachrich | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:44 | |
Welterweight | Jordan Mein | def. | Hernani Perpétuo | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Flyweight | Dustin Ortiz | def. | Ray Borg | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Mirsad Bektić | def. | Chas Skelly | Decision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | def. | Jack May | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:23 |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [10]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Florida State Boxing Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [11]
Fabrício Werdum is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Heavyweight Champion who competes in the Heavyweight division. He is also a 4-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, a two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Heavyweight Champion and European jiu-jitsu champion. He holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Judo, and Muay Thai. Werdum has competed in PRIDE, the UFC, Strikeforce, and Jungle Fight. At the time of his departure from the UFC, Werdum was #14 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.
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