| UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The poster for UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07) | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas,Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 7,760[1] | |||
| Total gate | $690,526[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez (also known asUFC Fight Night 90) was amixed martial arts event held on July 7, 2016 at theMGM Grand Garden Arena inLas Vegas,Nevada.[2]
The event was the first of three events in as many days inLas Vegas, culminating withUFC 200. It also marked the second North American card to air live exclusively on their subscription-based digital network, UFC Fight Pass, and the first men's championship fight broadcast over that medium.[2]
The event was headlined by aUFC Lightweight Championship bout between then-championRafael dos Anjos and former two-timeBellator Lightweight ChampionEddie Alvarez.[2]
A lightweight bout betweenJohn Makdessi andMehdi Baghdad, originally scheduled forUFC 199, was moved to this event possibly to bolster the card.[3]
Nordine Taleb was expected to faceAlan Jouban at the event, but pulled out on June 7 due to injury.[4] He was replaced by promotional newcomerBelal Muhammad.[5]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez | def. | Rafael dos Anjos (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:49 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | def. | Roy Nelson | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Alan Jouban | def. | Belal Muhammad | Decision (unanimous) (28–27, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Joseph Duffy | def. | Mitch Clarke | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:25 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alberto Mina | def. | Mike Pyle | KO (flying knee and punches) | 2 | 1:17 | |
| Lightweight | John Makdessi | def. | Mehdi Baghdad | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Anthony Birchak | def. | Dileno Lopes | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Pedro Munhoz | def. | Russell Doane | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:08 | |
| Bantamweight | Felipe Arantes | def. | Jerrod Sanders | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 1:39 | |
| Lightweight | Gilbert Burns | def. | Łukasz Sajewski | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:57 | |
| Bantamweight | Marco Beltrán | def. | Reginaldo Vieira | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:04 | |
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | def. | Álvaro Herrera | Submission (D'Arce choke) | 2 | 3:52 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[7]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theNevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[8]
