| UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03) | |||
| Venue | Arena Guilherme Paraense | |||
| City | Belém, Brazil | |||
| Attendance | 10,144[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders (also known asUFC Fight Night 125) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on February 3, 2018, at Arena Guilherme Paraense inBelém, Brazil.[2]
While the UFC has hosted several events inNortheast Brazil, the event marked the promotion's first visit toPará in the country'sNorth region.[2]
A middleweight bout between formerUFC Light Heavyweight ChampionLyoto Machida andEryk Anders headlined this event.[3]
Luis Henrique was scheduled to faceTimothy Johnson at the event. However, Henrique was removed from the pairing in early December and was replaced byMarcelo Golm.[4]
At the weigh-insMichel Prazeres weighed in at 161 pounds, 5 pounds over the lightweight non title fight upper limit of 156 pounds. As a result, the bout proceeded at catchweight and Prazeres was fined 20% of his purse which went to his opponentDesmond Green.[5]Pedro Munhoz also missed weight, 4 pounds over the bantamweight non title fight upper limit of 136 pounds. In turn, his bout against formerUFC Flyweight Championship challenger andThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller bantamweight winnerJohn Dodson was pulled from the card after Dodson declined to take the fight.[6] Meanwhile, Prazeres was supposed to weigh a maximum of 173 pounds on the night of the event for the fight to proceed as scheduled, but according to Green's camp, Prazeres weighed in at 180 pounds. Despite that, Green still accepted the fight and Prazeres gave him 40% of his purse.[7]
| Main card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Lyoto Machida | def. | Eryk Anders | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko | def. | Priscila Cachoeira | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:25 | |
| Catchweight (161 lb) | Michel Prazeres | def. | Desmond Green | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Timothy Johnson | def. | Marcelo Golm | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Douglas Silva de Andrade | def. | Marlon Vera | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Thiago Santos | def. | Anthony Smith | TKO (body kick and punches) | 2 | 1:03 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 2) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Sérgio Moraes | def. | Tim Means | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Alan Patrick | def. | Damir Hadžović | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Polyana Viana | def. | Maia Stevenson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:50 | |
| Bantamweight | Iuri Alcântara | def. | Joe Soto | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 1:06 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Joseph Morales | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:34 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[9]
