| UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11) | |||
| Venue | Spark Arena | |||
| City | Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Attendance | 8,649[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,150,428 NZD[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt (also known asUFC Fight Night 110) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on 11 June 2017 at theSpark Arena inAuckland,New Zealand.[2]
The event was the second that the promotion has hosted in Auckland, followingUFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt in June 2014.[2]
A heavyweight bout betweenDerrick Lewis and the2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former interim title contenderMark Hunt served as the main event.[3]
FormerUFC Flyweight Championship challengerJoseph Benavidez was expected to faceBen Nguyen at the event. However, Benavidez pulled out of the fight citing a knee injury on 10 May.[4] He was replaced byThe Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner and fellow former title challengerTim Elliott.[5]
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 middleweight winnerWarlley Alves was expected to faceKiichi Kunimoto, but pulled out on May 18 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced byZak Ottow.[6]
Promotional newcomerNadia Kassem was scheduled to faceJJ Aldrich, but pulled out on May 31 and was replaced by fellow newcomer Chan-Mi Jeon.[7]
At the weigh-ins, Jeon came in at 118 lb, two pounds over the women's strawweight limit of 116 lb. As a result, she was fined 20% of the purse, which went to Aldrich and the bout proceeded as scheduled at a catchweight.[8]
Just hours before the event,Thibault Gouti pulled out of a scheduled lightweight bout againstDong Hyun Ma due to illness, prompting Kim's removal as well.[9]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | def. | Derrick Lewis | TKO (punches) | 4 | 3:51 | |
| Middleweight | Derek Brunson | def. | Dan Kelly | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:16 | |
| Lightweight | Dan Hooker | def. | Ross Pearson | KO (knee) | 2 | 3:02 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | def. | Henrique da Silva | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:22 | |
| Flyweight | Ben Nguyen | def. | Tim Elliott | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:49 | |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Vinc Pichel | def. | Damien Brown | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Welterweight | Luke Jumeau | def. | Dominique Steele | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | John Moraga | def. | Ashkan Mokhtarian | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Zak Ottow | def. | Kiichi Kunimoto | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Catchweight (118 lb) | JJ Aldrich | def. | Chan-Mi Jeon | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[11]
