2023 mixed martial arts event in São Paulo
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis UFC Fight Night 231 UFC on ESPN+ 89 mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 4, 2023, atGinásio do Ibirapuera inSão Paulo , Brazil.[ 2]
The event marked the promotion's ninth visit to São Paulo and first sinceUFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré in November 2019.[ 2]
The event was expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout betweenCurtis Blaydes andJailton Almeida .[ 3] UFC Heavyweight Championship challengerDerrick Lewis .[ 4]
A women's strawweight bout between Eduarda Moura and Kim So-yul was scheduled for the event.[ 5] Montserrat Ruiz .[ 6] [ 7]
A middleweight bout betweenCaio Borralho andNursulton Ruziboev was expected to take place at the event.[ 8] Abusupiyan Magomedov .[ 9]
A bantamweight bout between Daniel Santos andDaniel Marcos was expected to take place at the event.[ 10] [ 11] [ 7]
A featherweight bout between Lucas Alexander andDavid Onama was scheduled to take place in the preliminary card.[ 12] [ 13]
At the weigh-ins, Ismael Bonfim weighed in at 159.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. As a result, his scheduled bout withVinc Pichel was scrapped.[ 7]
A middleweight bout betweenRodolfo Vieira andArmen Petrosyan was scheduled to take place on the main card, but it was scrapped after Petrosyan became ill backstage during the event.[ 14]
Main card (ESPN+) Weight class Method Round Time Notes Heavyweight Jailton Almeida def. Derrick Lewis Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45) 5 5:00 Welterweight Nicolas Dalby def. Gabriel Bonfim TKO (knees and punches) 2 4:33 Heavyweight Rodrigo Nascimento def. Don'Tale Mayes Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Middleweight Caio Borralho def. Abusupiyan Magomedov Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Catchweight (165 lb) Elves Brener def. Kaynan Kruschewsky KO (punch) 1 4:01 Preliminary card (ESPN+) Welterweight Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Draw (majority) (29–28, 28–28, 28–28) 3 5:00 Light Heavyweight Vitor Petrino def. Modestas Bukauskas KO (punch) 2 1:03 Women's Strawweight Angela Hill def. Denise Gomes Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Catchweight (119.5 lb) Eduarda Moura def. Montserrat Ruiz TKO (punches) 2 2:14 Lightweight Marc Diakiese def. Kauê Fernandes Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) 3 5:00
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The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[ 16]
Fight of the Night: Nicolas Dalby vs. Gabriel Bonfim Performance of the Night: Elves Brener andVitor Petrino ^ Bohn, Mike (November 5, 2023)."UFC Fight Night 231 post-event facts: Jailton Almeida sets ground control time record" .mmajunkie.usatoday.com .Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. RetrievedNovember 6, 2023 . ^a b Machado, Mateus (August 12, 2023)."UFC São Paulo é confirmado para novembro com duelo entre Blaydes e Malhadinho na luta principal; confira" [UFC São Paulo is confirmed for November with a duel between Blaydes and Malhadinho in the main event; check out].tatame.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese).Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. RetrievedAugust 13, 2023 . ^ Meshew, Jed (June 1, 2023)."Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida targeted for UFC main event in Sao Paulo" .mmafighting.com .Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. RetrievedJune 5, 2023 . ^ King, Nolan; Bohn, Mike (October 9, 2023)."Derrick Lewis replaces Curtis Blaydes, headlines UFC Sao Paulo vs. Jailton Almeida" .mmajunkie.usatoday.com .Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. RetrievedOctober 9, 2023 . ^ "Eduarda Ronda estreia no UFC São Paulo contra adversária sul-coreana" [Eduarda Ronda debuts at UFC São Paulo against South Korean opponent].ge.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 1, 2023.Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. RetrievedOctober 1, 2023 .^ King, Nolan (September 18, 2023)."Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Sept. 11-17)" .mmajunkie.usatoday.com .Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2023 . ^a b c "UFC Fight Night 231 weigh-in results: Three miss marks in Sao Paulo, two fights scrapped" .mmajunkie.usatoday.com . November 3, 2023.Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. RetrievedNovember 3, 2023 .^ Leonard, Harvey (July 23, 2023)."UFC Matchmaking Bulletin (7/17-7/23): Caio Borralho & 'Blood Diamond' have returns announced, six cancellations" .mmanews.com .Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 . ^ "Abus Magomedov steps in to face Caio Borralho at UFC Sao Paulo" .mmafighting.com . October 8, 2023.Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 .^ Tiwari, Shivam (September 1, 2023)."Daniel Santos vs Daniel Marcos reported for UFC Sao Paulo" .itnwwe.com .Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. RetrievedOctober 16, 2023 . ^ "UFC Sao Paulo: Daniel Santos out, Victor Hugo debuts vs Daniel Marcos" .itnwwe.com . October 11, 2023.Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. RetrievedOctober 16, 2023 .^ Martinez, Diego (September 20, 2023)."David Onama vs. Lucas Alexander añadido al UFC São Paulo" [David Onama vs. Lucas Alexander added to UFC São Paulo].mmaaldia.com (in Spanish).Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. RetrievedNovember 2, 2023 . ^ Cruz, Guilherme (October 31, 2023)."Injury knocks David Onama, Lucas Alexander off UFC Sao Paulo" .mmafighting.com .Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 . ^ Anderson, Jay (November 4, 2023)."UFC Sao Paulo: Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan cancelled last minute" .cagesidepress.com .Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. RetrievedNovember 4, 2023 . ^ "UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis" .UFC Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. RetrievedAugust 11, 2023 .^ Taylor, Chris (November 4, 2023)."UFC Sao Paulo Bonus Report: Nicolas Dalby one of four fighters to take home $50k" .bjpenn.com .Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. RetrievedNovember 4, 2023 .
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