UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3
| UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 7, 2015 | |||
| Venue | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | |||
| City | São Paulo, Brazil | |||
| Attendance | 10,628[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 (also known as UFC Fight Night 77) was a mixed martial arts event held on November 7, 2015 at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.[2][3]
Background
The event was the fourth held in São Paulo following UFC Ultimate Brazil (1998), UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping (2013) and The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado (2014) and the twenty-fourth overall event to be held in Brazil.
The event was headlined by a middleweight trilogy bout between longtime multi-divisional contenders and champions Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson.[2] Henderson defeated Belfort in their first encounter in 2006 at Pride 32 via unanimous decision. Belfort defeated Henderson in their second encounter in 2013 at UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson via first round knockout.
Tom Lawlor was expected to face Fabio Maldonado at this event. However, Lawlor was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter 19 light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson.[4]
On December 4, it was announced that Gleison Tibau was "provisionally suspended" by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) due to a potential failed out-of-competition drug test.[5] On December 23, a second potential failed drug test, this time in-competition, was also announced. USADA will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of the case.[6]
Results
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Dan Henderson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 2:07 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Glover Teixeira | def. | Patrick Cummins | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:12 | |
| Bantamweight | Thomas Almeida | def. | Anthony Birchak | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:22 | |
| Lightweight | Alex Oliveira | def. | Piotr Hallmann | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:54 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Gilbert Burns | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Corey Anderson | def. | Fabio Maldonado | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Gleison Tibau | def. | Abel Trujillo | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Lightweight | Johnny Case | def. | Yan Cabral | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Thiago Tavares | def. | Clay Guida | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:39 | |
| Featherweight | Chas Skelly | def. | Kevin Souza | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:56 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Viscardi Andrade | def. | Gasan Umalatov | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Jimmie Rivera | def. | Pedro Munhoz | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Matheus Nicolau | def. | Bruno Rodrigues | Submission (Japanese necktie) | 3 | 3:27 | |
Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[8]
- Fight of the Night: None awarded
- Performance of the Night: Vitor Belfort, Thomas Almeida, Alex Oliveira and Thiago Tavares
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Bohn (2015-11-08). "UFC Fight Night 77 post-fight facts". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- 1 2 Guilherme Cruz (2015-08-02). "Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson headlines UFC Fight Night card in November". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2015-08-02). "Belfort-Hendo III headlines in São Paulo". ufc.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2015-10-20). "Anderson in for injured Lawlor in São Paulo". ufc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ Shaun Al-Shatti (2015-12-06). "Gleison Tibau 'provisionally suspended' after potential USADA violation". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ↑ Staff (2015-12-23). "Gleison Tibau notified of in-competition testing failure, his second failed drug test". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ Staff (2015-11-08). "UFC Fight Night 77 bonuses: Who took home $50,000 for their stoppages in São Paulo?". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
