| UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 6, 2015 (2015-06-06) | |||
| Venue | Smoothie King Center | |||
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
| Attendance | 6,231[1] | |||
| Total gate | $621,523[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson (also known asUFC Fight Night 68) was amixed martial arts event held on June 6, 2015, at theSmoothie King Center inNew Orleans, Louisiana.[2]
The event was expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between top contendersDaniel Cormier andRyan Bader.[2] However on April 28, due toJon Jones' hit-and-run incident leading up to his fight atUFC 187 againstAnthony Johnson, the UFC decided to strip him of theUFC Light Heavyweight Championship and suspend him indefinitely. Jones was replaced by Cormier.[3] In turn, a middleweight bout betweenTim Boetsch and mixed martial arts legendDan Henderson was promoted to the main event. Subsequently, Bader was pulled from the event entirely.[4]
A bantamweight bout betweenJoe Soto andAnthony Birchak was originally expected to take place atUFC 177. However, on the day of weigh ins, Soto was pulled from the fight to replaceRenan Barão in aUFC Bantamweight Championship bout against championT.J. Dillashaw, as Barão had to be admitted to the hospital as a result of his attempts to cut weight. Birchak was removed from the card entirely.[5] The fight was later rescheduled for this event.[6]
Alan Jouban was expected to faceBrian Ebersole at the event. However, Jouban pulled out of the fight in late March citing injury and was replaced byOmari Akhmedov.[7]
Zubaira Tukhugov was expected to faceThiago Tavares at the event. However on April 25, it was announced that Tukhugov had to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury.[8]Brian Ortega was announced as his replacement on May 6.[9]
Daniel Sarafian was expected to face Ricardo Abreu at this event. However on May 4, Sarafian was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury and was replaced byJake Collier.[10]
BothYancy Medeiros and Leonardo Morales missed weight on their first attempts at the weigh-ins, coming in at 159.5 lb and 140 lb respectively. They were both given additional time to make the weight limits for their respective weight classes, but Medeiros made no attempts to cut further. Morales would miss weight again on his second attempt, coming in at 137 lb. As a result, they were both fined 20 percent of their fight purses, which went toDustin Poirier andJosé Alberto Quiñónez respectively.[11]
With seven first-round finishes, this event ties the record for most first-round finishes in a single UFC event.[12]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Dan Henderson | def. | Tim Boetsch | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:28 | |
| Heavyweight | Ben Rothwell | def. | Matt Mitrione | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Catchweight (159.5 lb) | Dustin Poirier | def. | Yancy Medeiros | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 2:38 | |
| Featherweight | Brian Ortega | def. | Thiago Tavares | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:10 | |
| Bantamweight | Anthony Birchak | def. | Joe Soto | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:37 | |
| Bantamweight | Francisco Rivera | def. | Alex Caceres | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:21 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Shawn Jordan | def. | Derrick Lewis | TKO (hook kick and punches) | 2 | 0:48 | |
| Welterweight | Omari Akhmedov | def. | Brian Ebersole | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Chris Wade | def. | Christos Giagos | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Joe Proctor | def. | Justin Edwards | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 4:58 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jake Collier | def. | Ricardo Abreu | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (137 lb) | José Alberto Quiñónez | def. | Leonardo Morales | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:34 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[14]
