| UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) | |||
| Venue | Accor Arena | |||
| City | Paris, France | |||
| Attendance | 15,405[1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,242,837[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa (also known asUFC Fight Night 209 andUFC on ESPN+ 67) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 3, 2022, atAccor Arena inParis, France.[2]
This event marked the organization's debut in France.[2] After a long political battle, mixed martial arts was legalized in the country in 2020 after theFrench National Olympic and Sports Committee gave its approval to the French Ministry of Sport's decision to allow it under the jurisdiction of theFrench Boxing Federation.[3]
A heavyweight bout between former interimUFC Heavyweight ChampionCiryl Gane andTai Tuivasa headlined the event.[4]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight ChampionRobert Whittaker (alsoThe Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and former title challengerMarvin Vettori took place at the event.[5] The pairing was originally scheduled forUFC 275, but Whittaker withdrew due to injury.[6]
FormerUFC Women's Flyweight Championship challengerKatlyn Chookagian was expected to faceManon Fiorot in a women's flyweight bout at the event.[7] However, Chookagian withdrew for unknown reasons in mid June and was replaced by formerUFC Women's Strawweight ChampionJéssica Andrade.[8] In turn, Andrade withdrew in mid July due to undisclosed reasons and Chookagian stepped back into the original pairing.[9][10] The promotion then opted to postpone the contest toUFC 280 in October.[11]
Christos Giagos was expected to faceBenoît Saint Denis in a lightweight bout.[12] However, Giagos pulled out in early August after severing a tendon of his little finger during a domestic accident.[13] Saint Denis faced Gabriel Miranda instead.[14]
A welterweight bout between Darian Weeks (MMA record: 5–2) and former two-timeGlory Welterweight ChampionCédric Doumbé (MMA record: 2–0) was scheduled for the event.[15] However the fight was cancelled after the French MMA Federation (FMMAF) would not sanction the bout per the commission's rule that fighters with less than ten professional bouts must not have more than a four fight differential between them.[16] Weeks was later rescheduled to face Yohan Lainesse atUFC 279, one week later from this event.[17] Doumbé was then supposedly released by the organization, a rumor he denies.[18][19]
A middleweight bout betweenMakhmud Muradov andAbusupiyan Magomedov was expected to take place at the event.[20] However, Muradov withdrew due to injury was replaced byDustin Stoltzfus.[21]
A bantamweight bout betweenTaylor Lapilus andKhalid Taha was expected to take place at this event.[22] However, the week before the event, Lapilus withdrew due to a broken hand.[23] Taha faced promotional newcomer Cristian Quiñónez instead.[24]
Zarah Fairn Dos Santos andAilín Pérez were scheduled to meet in a women's featherweight bout at the event.[25] However, Fairn was pulled from the event for unknown reasons and replaced byStephanie Egger.[26]
A featherweight bout betweenRicardo Ramos andDanny Henry was expected to take place at the event.[27] However, the bout was cancelled after both fighters got injured.[28]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ciryl Gane | def. | Tai Tuivasa | KO (punches) | 3 | 4:23 | |
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | def. | Marvin Vettori | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Nassourdine Imavov | def. | Joaquin Buckley | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Roman Kopylov | def. | Alessio Di Chirico | KO (punches) | 3 | 1:09 | |
| Featherweight | William Gomis | def. | Jarno Errens | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–28, 29–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Nathaniel Wood | def. | Charles Jourdain | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Abusupiyan Magomedov | def. | Dustin Stoltzfus | KO (front kick and punches) | 1 | 0:19 | |
| Lightweight | Nasrat Haqparast | def. | John Makdessi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Farès Ziam | def. | Michal Figlak | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Benoît Saint Denis | def. | Gabriel Miranda | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:16 | |
| Bantamweight | Cristian Quiñónez | def. | Khalid Taha | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:15 | |
| Women's Featherweight | Stephanie Egger | def. | Ailín Pérez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:54 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[30]
