| UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 28, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Pepsi Center | |||
| City | Denver, Colorado | |||
| Attendance | 13,233[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,020,434[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña (also known asUFC on Fox 23) was a mixed martial arts event promoted by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on January 28, 2017, atPepsi Center inDenver, Colorado.[2]
A potentialUFC Women's Bantamweight Championship title eliminator between multiple-timemuay thai world championValentina Shevchenko andThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate bantamweight winnerJulianna Peña served as the event headliner.[3]
A bantamweight bout betweenRaphael Assunção andAljamain Sterling was originally booked forUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov. However, Sterling pulled out due to an undisclosed injury.[4] The fight was later rescheduled for this event.[5]
Yancy Medeiros was expected to faceLi Jingliang at the event. However, in early January, Medeiros pulled out for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomerBobby Nash.[6]
A middleweight bout between formerBellator Middleweight ChampionHéctor Lombard andBrad Tavares was expected to take place at this event, but was scrapped on January 10 due to undisclosed reasons.[7]
A week before the event, promotional newcomerJohn Phillips pulled out of his light heavyweight bout againstMarcos Rogério de Lima and was replaced by fellow newcomerJeremy Kimball.[8]
At the weigh-ins, Lima came in at 209.5 lb, 3.5 lb over the light heavyweight limit of 206 lb. As a result, Lima was fined 20% of his purse, which went to Kimball and the bout proceeded as scheduled at catchweight.[9]
| Main Card (Fox) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Valentina Shevchenko | def. | Julianna Peña | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:29 | |
| Welterweight | Jorge Masvidal | def. | Donald Cerrone | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | def. | Andrei Arlovski | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:32 | |
| Featherweight | Jason Knight | def. | Alex Caceres | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:21 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Sam Alvey | def. | Nate Marquardt | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Raphael Assunção | def. | Aljamain Sterling | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Li Jingliang | def. | Bobby Nash | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:45 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jordan Johnson | def. | Henrique da Silva | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Eric Spicely | def. | Alessio Di Chirico | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Catchweight (209.5 lb) | Marcos Rogério de Lima | def. | Jeremy Kimball | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:27 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Alexandre Pantoja | def. | Eric Shelton | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jason Gonzalez | def. | J.C. Cottrell | Submission (D'arce choke) | 1 | 3:54 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[11]
