| UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 7, 2023 (2023-10-07) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green (also known asUFC Fight Night 229, UFC on ESPN+ 87 andUFC Vegas 80) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 7, 2023, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A lightweight bout betweenGrant Dawson andBobby Green headlined the event.[3]
A featherweight bout betweenDaniel Pineda and Khusein Askhabov was scheduled for this event.[4] However on September 11, Askhabov was arrested after being connected to a kidnap and torture crime in Thailand and the bout was cancelled.[5]
A women's flyweight bout betweenMontana De La Rosa andStephanie Egger was expected to take place at the event.[6] However, Egger pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced byJJ Aldrich.[7]
A bantamweight bout betweenChris Gutiérrez andMontel Jackson was expected to take place at the event. However, Jackson withdrew for unknown reasons and Gutiérrez was instead scheduled to faceAlateng Heili one week later atUFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza.[8]
A light heavyweight betweenIon Cuțelaba andPhilipe Lins was expected to take place at the event.[9] However, the bout was cancelled the day of the event for unknown reasons.[10]
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | Grant Dawson | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:33 | |
| Middleweight | Joe Pyfer | def. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:05 | |
| Welterweight | Joaquin Buckley | def. | Alex Morono | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Drew Dober | def. | Ricky Glenn | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| Featherweight | Bill Algeo | def. | Alexander Hernandez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | def. | Diana Belbiţă | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Nate Maness | def. | Mateus Mendonça | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:40 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | def. | Kanako Murata | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Aori Qileng | def. | Johnny Muñoz Jr. | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | def. | Montana De La Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[12]
