| UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann (also known asUFC Fight Night 192,UFC Vegas 37 andUFC on ESPN+ 50) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 18, 2021, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A light heavyweight bout between formerUFC Light Heavyweight Championship title challengerAnthony Smith andRyan Spann served as the main event.[3]
A light heavyweight bout betweenIon Cuțelaba andDevin Clark was rescheduled to take place at this event.[4] The bout was previously scheduled to take place in May atUFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka, but Clark pulled out of that event citing injury.[5]
A bantamweight bout betweenTony Gravely andNate Maness took place at this event.[6] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet atUFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum, but it was scrapped after Maness was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons.[7]
A bantamweight bout betweenMontel Jackson andDanaa Batgerel was scheduled for the event.[8] However, Batgerel was pulled from the event due tovisa issues and replaced by JP Buys.[9]
Cory McKenna was expected to faceEmily Whitmire in a women's strawweight bout at this event.[10] However, McKenna was removed from the event for an undisclosed reason and replaced byHannah Goldy.[11]
A women's flyweight bout between formerKSW Women's Flyweight ChampionAriane Lipski and promotional newcomer Mandy Böhm took place at the event.[12] The pairing was previously scheduled to take place two weeks earlier atUFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till, but it was removed from the card during the week leading up to that event as Böhm was sidelined due to illness.[12]
A lightweight bout betweenJim Miller and Nikolas Motta was expected to take place at the event.[13] However, Millertested positive for COVID-19 a week before the event and was pulled from the contest.[14] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Cameron VanCamp.[15] In turn, the bout was scrapped in the days leading up to the event due to an undisclosed injury to one of the participants.[16]
A lightweight bout between Dakota Bush andRong Zhu was expected to take place at the event.[17] However, Bush tested positive forCOVID-19 during fight week and was replaced by Brandon Jenkins.[18] At the weigh-ins, Zhu weighed in at 158 pounds, two pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at a catchweight and he forfeited 20% of his purse to his opponent.[19]
| Main Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | def. | Ryan Spann | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:47 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | def. | Devin Clark | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–26, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Ariane Lipski | def. | Mandy Böhm | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Arman Tsarukyan | def. | Christos Giagos | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:09 | |
| Bantamweight | Nate Maness | def. | Tony Gravely | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:10 | |
| Middleweight | Joaquin Buckley | def. | Antônio Arroyo | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:26 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Tafon Nchukwi | def. | Mike Rodríguez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Raquel Pennington | def. | Pannie Kianzad | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (158 lb) | Rong Zhu | def. | Brandon Jenkins | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:35 | |
| Bantamweight | Montel Jackson | def. | JP Buys | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Erin Blanchfield | def. | Sarah Alpar | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Carlston Harris | def. | Impa Kasanganay | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:38 | |
| Bantamweight | Gustavo Lopez | vs. | Alateng Heili | Draw (unanimous) (28–28, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Women's Flyweight | Hannah Goldy | def. | Emily Whitmire | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:17 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[21]
