| UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01) | |||
| Venue | Prudential Center | |||
| City | Newark, New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 14,308[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1.651 million[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 230,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber 2 was amixed martial arts event held on February 1, 2014, at thePrudential Center inNewark, New Jersey.[3]
The event was released on DVD on May 6, 2014. The DVD was distributed by the labelAnchor Bay Entertainment.
ALight Heavyweight Championship bout between the current championJon Jones and #1 contenderGlover Teixeira was briefly linked as the event headliner.[4] However, just days after the announcement,Dana White indicated that "the timing didn't work out" for the pairing and that fight would take place at a later event.[5]
The event was expected to be headlined by the long awaited return of theBantamweight ChampionDominick Cruz. However, on January 6, UFC President Dana White announced that Cruz had torn his groin in training and pulled from the fight. Cruz had also vacated his title, makingRenan Barão the undisputed bantamweight champion. Stepping up to replace Cruz wasUrijah Faber, in a rematch of their interim title bout atUFC 149.[6]
Co-featured on the card wasUFC Featherweight ChampionJosé Aldo,[7] who defended his title against top contenderRicardo Lamas.
A heavyweight bout betweenFrank Mir andAlistair Overeem, scheduled to take place atUFC 167, was moved to this event.[8]
Bobby Green was expected to faceAbel Trujillo at this event. However, Green pulled out of the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former WEC lightweight championJamie Varner.[9]
Chris Cariaso was expected to faceKyoji Horiguchi at the event. However, Horiguchi pulled out of the bout citing injury.[10] He was replaced by WEC veteranDanny Martinez.[11]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Renan Barão (c) | def. | Urijah Faber | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:42 | [a] |
| Featherweight | José Aldo (c) | def. | Ricardo Lamas | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | def. | Frank Mir | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Ali Bagautinov | def. | John Lineker | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Abel Trujillo | def. | Jamie Varner | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:32 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Alan Patrick | def. | John Makdessi | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Chris Cariaso | def. | Danny Martinez | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Nick Catone | def. | Tom Watson | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Al Iaquinta | def. | Kevin Lee | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 28–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Clint Hester | def. | Andy Enz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Anthony Rocco Martin | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Neil Magny | def. | Gasan Umalatov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received bonuses:[13]
This event, along withUFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi,UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping,UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura,UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith and laterUFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards,UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate andUFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. is currently tied for the second most decisions in a UFC event at 10, previously beatingUFC 161.UFC 263 currently holds the record for most decisions in a UFC event at 11.[14]
This event broke the record for the longest fight time with 2:51:14, later broken also byUFC 263 with 3:19:32.[14]
