| UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08) | |||
| Venue | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves | |||
| City | Uberlândia,Brazil | |||
| Attendance | 5,671[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux (also known asUFC Fight Night 56) was amixed martial arts event held at theGinásio Municipal Tancredo Neves inUberlândia,Brazil, on November 8, 2014.[2]
After previously holding events inMinas Gerais's largest cityBelo Horizonte, the event was the first that the organization has hosted in Uberlândia.[2]
A light heavyweight bout betweenMaurício Rua andJimi Manuwa was expected to serve as event headliner.[3] However, on October 29, it was announced that Manuwa had pulled out of the fight due to injury andOvince Saint Preux replaced him in main event against Rua.[4]
Rafael Cavalcante was expected to faceOvince Saint Preux at the event. However, Cavalcante pulled out of the bout citing injury and was replaced byFrancimar Barroso.[5] Subsequently, this fight was cancelled when Saint Preux was chosen as an injury replacement in the event headliner.[4]
Dhiego Lima was originally scheduled to facePawel Pawlak at this event. However, Pawlak was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Jorge de Oliveira.[6]
A bout betweenIan McCall andJohn Lineker was expected to be the co-main event. However, just hours after both fighters successfully made weight, it was announced that McCall had to pull out of the fight due to a viral infection and the bout was pulled from the event entirely. The bout between Dhiego Lima and Jorge de Oliveira was moved to the main card.[7]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Ovince Saint Preux | def. | Maurício Rua | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:34 | |
| Welterweight | Warlley Alves | def. | Alan Jouban | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Cláudio Silva | def. | Leon Edwards | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Dhiego Lima | def. | Jorge de Oliveira | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Juliana Lima | def. | Nina Ansaroff | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 2) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Diego Rivas | def. | Rodolfo Rubio | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Caio Magalhães | def. | Trevor Smith | KO (knee and punches) | 1 | 0:31 | |
| Lightweight | Leandro Silva | def. | Charlie Brenneman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Bantamweight | Thomas Almeida | def. | Tim Gorman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Colby Covington | def. | Wagner Silva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:26 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[9]
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