| UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen (also known asUFC Fight Night 213,UFC on ESPN+ 71 andUFC Vegas 63) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 29, 2022, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A featherweight bout betweenArnold Allen andCalvin Kattar headlined the event.[3][4]
A featherweight bout betweenIlia Topuria andEdson Barboza was expected to take place at the event.[5] However, Barboza withdrew in late September due to a knee injury and the bout was scrapped.[6]
Drakkar Klose was expected to face2016 Olympic silver medalist in wrestlingMark Madsen in a lightweight bout.[7] However, Klose pulled out in mid-October due to ananterior cruciate ligament injury.[8] He was replaced byGrant Dawson and the bout was moved toUFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos a week later.[9][10]
Garrett Armfield and Christian Rodriguez were expected to meet in a bantamweight bout at the preliminary portion of the card.[11] However, Armfield pulled out on fight week due to astaph infection.[12] He was replaced by Joshua Weems.[13] At the weigh-ins, Weems weighed in at 139.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 30% of his purse, which went to Rodriguez.[14]
Cody Durden was expected to face Kleydson Rodrigues on the card. However, Rodrigues withdrew from the bout and was replaced byLFA Flyweight Champion Carlos Mota on four days notice.[15]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Arnold Allen | def. | Calvin Kattar | TKO (knee injury) | 2 | 0:08 | |
| Welterweight | Max Griffin | def. | Tim Means | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | def. | Jared Vanderaa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Tresean Gore | def. | Josh Fremd | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:49 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Khalil Rountree Jr. | def. | Dustin Jacoby | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Roman Dolidze | def. | Phil Hawes | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:09 | |
| Heavyweight | Marcos Rogério de Lima | def. | Andrei Arlovski | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:50 | |
| Middleweight | Jun Yong Park | def. | Joseph Holmes | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:04 | |
| Featherweight | Steve Garcia | def. | Chase Hooper | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:32 | |
| Flyweight | Cody Durden | def. | Carlos Mota | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (139.5 lb) | Christian Rodriguez | def. | Joshua Weems | Submission (anaconda choke) | 1 | 4:07 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[17]