| UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30) | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 18,533[1] | |||
| Total gate | $4,750,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 1,100,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 30, 2016, at theT-Mobile Arena inParadise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas metropolitan area.[3]
The event was headlined by aUFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current championAmanda Nunes and former championRonda Rousey.[4]
AUFC Bantamweight Championship bout between then championDominick Cruz andCody Garbrandt co-headlined the event.[5]
A potential heavyweight title eliminator bout between formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionsFabrício Werdum andCain Velasquez was expected to take place on the card.[6] The pairing met previously in June 2015 atUFC 188, with then interim champion Werdum unifying the title with Velasquez's undisputed title, as he won the fight via submission in the third round.[7] However theNevada State Athletic Commission, after analyzing physical examinations and interviews, deemed Velasquez unfit to compete due to prior injuries, and pulled him from the event on December 24. The bout was eventually scrapped, and Werdum was removed from the card as well.[8]
Another potential title eliminator included a bantamweight bout between former championT.J. Dillashaw andJohn Lineker.[9]
Matt Brown was expected to face formerStrikeforce Welterweight ChampionTarec Saffiedine at the event.[10] However, Brown was pulled from the fight on November 11 in favor of a matchup with formerUFC Lightweight Championship challengerDonald Cerrone three weeks earlier atUFC 206.[11] Saffiedine instead facedDong Hyun Kim.[12]
Maryna Moroz was very briefly linked to a fight withJéssica Andrade at the event.[13] On December 7 Moroz was replaced byInvicta FC Strawweight ChampionAngela Hill.[14] Hill was then ruled out of fighting at UFC 207 because of a rule in the UFC's anti-doping policy with USADA, but not because she had failed a drug test. The pair eventually fought atUFC Fight Night 104, with Andrade winning by unanimous decision.[15] Subsequently, Andrade was removed from the card and was rescheduled for that event.[16]
Sabah Homasi was linked to a fight withBrandon Thatch at the event.[17] However, Homasi pulled out due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomerNiko Price.[18]
This was the last event in which longtime play-by-play commentatorMike Goldberg participated. He made his debut in 1997 atUFC Japan: Ultimate Japan.[19]
At the weigh-ins, formerUFC Welterweight ChampionJohny Hendricks andRay Borg missed weight for their bouts, weighing in at 173.5 lb and 129.5 lb, respectively. As a result, they were fined 20% and 30% of their respective fight purses, which went to their respective opponentsNeil Magny andLouis Smolka. Later, Hendricks would move up in weight to the 185 pound division, as a result of consistent weight misses.[20]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Ronda Rousey | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:48 | [a] |
| Bantamweight | Cody Garbrandt | def. | Dominick Cruz (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–47, 48–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw | def. | John Lineker | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Dong Hyun Kim | def. | Tarec Saffiedine | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (129.5 lb) | Ray Borg | def. | Louis Smolka | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Catchweight (173.5 lb) | Neil Magny | def. | Johny Hendricks | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | def. | Marvin Vettori | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Alex Garcia | def. | Mike Pyle | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:34 | |
| Welterweight | Niko Price | def. | Brandon Thatch | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 4:30 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alex Oliveira | vs. | Tim Means | No Contest (illegal knees) | 1 | 3:33 | [c] |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[23]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theNevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $4,683,000.[24]
¹Ray Borg was fined 30 percent of his purse ($5,400) for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Louis Smolka. That money was issued to Smolka, an NSAC official confirmed.
²Johny Hendricks was fined 20 percent of his purse ($20,000) for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Neil Magny. That money was issued to Magny, an NSAC official confirmed.
³Both fighters earned show money; no win bonus since fight ended in a no-contest.
The final attendance was 18,533, a record forNevada, which had hosted 107 prior UFC events.[1] Rousey's fight purse equaled the highest in history, which wasConor McGregor's record fromUFC 202. Despite that, McGregor'sUFC 205 purse is widely known as the highest one (no value is officially disclosed), even though theNYSAC does not release fight purses from events held in their jurisdiction.[24]
