| UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18) | |||
| Venue | Frank Erwin Center | |||
| City | Austin, Texas | |||
| Attendance | 10,502[1] | |||
| Total gate | $794,350[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros (also known asUFC Fight Night 126) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that was held on February 18, 2018, atFrank Erwin Center inAustin, Texas, United States.[2]
The event marked the promotion's third visit toAustin, and first sinceUFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson in November 2014.[2]
A welterweight bout between formerUFC Lightweight Championship challengerDonald Cerrone andYancy Medeiros served as the event headliner.[3]
FormerInvicta FC Bantamweight Champion andUFC Women's Featherweight Championship challengerTonya Evinger was expected to faceMarion Reneau at the event. However, on January 9, it was announced that Evinger was injured and had to pull out of the bout.[4] In turn, Reneau was pulled from the event and rescheduled to face2004 Olympic silver medalist in wrestling and formerUFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challengerSara McMann a week later atUFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens.[5]
A flyweight bout between formerUFC Flyweight Championship challengerRay Borg andBrandon Moreno was expected to take place at this event. However, due to an injury sustained by Moreno, the pairing was delayed and rescheduled to take place atUFC 223.[6]
Humberto Bandenay was scheduled to face promotional newcomerSteven Peterson at the event. However, Bandenay was removed from the event in early February due to an allegedvisa issue and was replaced byBrandon Davis.[7]
FormerInvicta FC Strawweight ChampionLívia Renata Souza was expected to make her debut against formerWSOF Women's Strawweight ChampionJessica Aguilar at the event. However, Souza pulled out on February 10 due to a hand injury and the bout was scrapped.[8]
| Main card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Donald Cerrone | def. | Yancy Medeiros | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:58 | |
| Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | def. | Marcin Tybura | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:48 | |
| Lightweight | James Vick | def. | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Curtis Millender | def. | Thiago Alves | KO (knee) | 2 | 4:17 | |
| Featherweight | Brandon Davis | def. | Steven Peterson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Sage Northcutt | def. | Thibault Gouti | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Carlos Diego Ferreira | def. | Jared Gordon | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:58 | |
| Welterweight | Geoff Neal | def. | Brian Camozzi | Submission (bulldog choke) | 1 | 2:48 | |
| Flyweight | Roberto Sanchez | def. | Joby Sanchez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:50 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Lucie Pudilová | def. | Sarah Moras | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alex Morono | def. | Josh Burkman | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:12 | |
| Middleweight | Oskar Piechota | def. | Tim Williams | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:54 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[10]
