| UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 25, 2022 (2022-06-25) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot (also known asUFC on ESPN 38 andUFC Vegas 57) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 25, 2022, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A lightweight bout betweenArman Tsarukyan and formerKSW Featherweight andLightweight ChampionMateusz Gamrot headlined the event.[3]
A flyweight bout betweenTagir Ulanbekov andTyson Nam was expected to take place at the event, despite never being officially announced.[4] They were originally expected to meet a year earlier atUFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige, but the matchup did not take place due to an undisclosed illness for Ulanbekov.
FormerUFC Flyweight Championship challenger (alsoThe Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner)Tim Elliott was expected to faceAmir Albazi in a flyweight bout.[5] However, Elliott pulled out in mid June due toanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) andmeniscus injuries.[6][7] Albazi was rescheduled againstFrancisco Figueiredo atUFC 278.[8]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Mateusz Gamrot | def. | Arman Tsarukyan | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Shavkat Rakhmonov | def. | Neil Magny | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:58 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Parisian | def. | Alan Baudot | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:04 | |
| Lightweight | Thiago Moisés | def. | Christos Giagos | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:05 | |
| Bantamweight | Umar Nurmagomedov | def. | Nate Maness | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Chris Curtis | def. | Rodolfo Vieira | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Carlos Ulberg | def. | Tafon Nchukwi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:15 | |
| Featherweight | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | def. | T.J. Brown | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Sergey Morozov | def. | Raulian Paiva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Cody Durden | def. | JP Buys | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:08 | |
| Bantamweight | Mario Bautista | def. | Brian Kelleher | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:27 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | def. | Jinh Yu Frey | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[10]
