UFC 171
| UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 15, 2014 | |||
| Venue | American Airlines Center | |||
| City | Dallas, Texas | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on March 15, 2014 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.[1]
Background
A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and Glover Teixeira, briefly linked as the event headliner at UFC 169,[2] and UFC 170[3] was expected to headline this event.[4] However, the fight was postponed yet again.[5]
A Welterweight Championship bout between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship Title will now headline the event.[6]
Julianna Pena was expected to face Jessica Andrade at this event. However, Pena pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Raquel Pennington.[7]
Will Campuzano was expected to face Darrell Montague at this event. However, Montague was forced to pull out of the bout citing and injury and as replaced by Justin Scoggins.[8]
Thiago Silva was expected to face Ovince St. Preux at this event. However, Silva was removed from the bout due to police apprehension and multiple counts of aggravated assault, which led to his subsequent release from the promotion.[9] He was replaced by Nikita Krylov.[10]
Official fight card
| Fight card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Johny Hendricks | vs. | Robbie Lawler | [lower-alpha 1] | |||
| Welterweight | Carlos Condit | vs. | Tyron Woodley | ||||
| Lightweight | Diego Sanchez | vs. | Myles Jury | ||||
| Welterweight | Jake Shields | vs. | Hector Lombard | ||||
| Welterweight | Kelvin Gastelum | vs. | Rick Story | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Raquel Pennington | vs. | Jessica Andrade | ||||
| Featherweight | Dennis Bermudez | vs. | Jimy Hettes | ||||
| Welterweight | Sean Spencer | vs. | Alex Garcia | ||||
| Flyweight | Will Campuzano | vs. | Justin Scoggins | ||||
| Lightweight | Renee Forte | vs. | Frank Trevino | ||||
| Middleweight | Robert McDaniel | vs | Tor Troeng | ||||
| Featherweight | Daniel Pineda | vs. | Robert Whiteford | ||||
- ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
Announced bouts
- Light Heavyweight bout: Ovince St. Preux vs. Nikita Krylov[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Matt Erickson. "UFC 171 heads to American Airlines Center in Dallas on March 15". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ↑ Staff. "Jon Jones-Glover Teixeira, Mir-Overeem top UFC 169 on Super Bowl weekend". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 10-03-2013.
- ↑ Staff. "Champ Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira headlines February’s UFC 170". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ Staff. "Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira headlines UFC 171 in Dallas". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 12-04-2013.
- ↑ Staff. "Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira title fight moved to UFC 172". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ↑ Staff. "Johny Hendricks and Robbie Brawler meet at UFC 171 for GaSP’s vacated title". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ↑ Staff (2014-01-30). "Raquel Pennington replaces injured Julianna Pena at UFC 171". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ↑ Staff (2014-01-28). "Justin Scoggins replaces Darrell Montague at UFC 171 in Dallas". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ↑ Staff (2014-02-07). "UFC's Thiago Silva jailed in Florida on four charges, including multiple counts of aggravated assault=mmajunkie.com". Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Dann Stupp (2014-02-07). "Nikita Krylov drops to 205, replaces Thiago Silva at UFC 171". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
