| UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28) | |||
| Venue | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | |||
| City | São Paulo,Brazil | |||
| Attendance | 10,265[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida (also known asUFC Fight Night 119) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on October 28, 2017, atGinásio do Ibirapuera inSão Paulo,Brazil.[2]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Light Heavyweight ChampionLyoto Machida andDerek Brunson headlined this event.[3]
A light heavyweight bout between former title challengerGlover Teixeira andMisha Cirkunov was expected to take place at this event, but was delayed and rescheduled forUFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos after a recent hand surgery for Teixeira was slow to heal.[4]
On September 19, promotional newcomerCarlos Felipe was flagged for a potentialUSADA violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected July 29. Therefore, he was pulled from his UFC debut against Christian Colombo.[5] He was replaced by fellow promotional newcomerMarcelo Golm.[6] On October 20, it was announced that Felipe accepted a two-year suspension retroactive to the date of his provisional suspension. He tested positive for metabolites ofstanozolol, 16β‐hydroxy‐stanozolol and 3’‐hydroxy‐stanozolol.[7]
Augusto Mendes was expected to face promotional newcomer Boston Salmon at the event. However, Mendes pulled out of the fight on October 3 citing a leg injury.[8] He was replaced a week later by promotional newcomerRaoni Barcelos.[9] Subsequently, Salmon pulled out of the fight on October 20 citing his own injury. As a result, Barcelos was removed from the card as well.[10]
On October 6, it was announced thatLuan Chagas fractured his foot and pulled out of his welterweight bout againstNiko Price.[11] He was replaced byVicente Luque.[12]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Derek Brunson | def. | Lyoto Machida | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:30 | |
| Welterweight | Colby Covington | def. | Demian Maia | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Pedro Munhoz | def. | Rob Font | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Lightweight | Francisco Trinaldo | def. | Jim Miller | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Thiago Santos | def. | Jack Hermansson | TKO (jumping body kick and punches) | 1 | 4:59 | |
| Bantamweight | John Lineker | def. | Marlon Vera | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | def. | Niko Price | Submission (D'arce choke) | 2 | 4:08 | |
| Middleweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | def. | Jack Marshman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:30 | |
| Lightweight | Jared Gordon | def. | Hacran Dias | Decision (unanimous) (29–26, 29–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | def. | Max Griffin | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Jarred Brooks | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Marcelo Golm | def. | Christian Colombo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:08 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[14]
