| UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19) | |||
| Venue | Amway Center | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
| Attendance | 14,459[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,710,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 (also known asUFC on Fox 17) was amixed martial arts event held on December 19, 2015, at theAmway Center inOrlando, Florida.[2]
The event was headlined by aUFC Lightweight Championship bout between current championRafael dos Anjos and top contenderDonald Cerrone.[2] Dos Anjos won their first fight atUFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 by unanimous decision.[3]
Germaine de Randamie was scheduled to faceSarah Kaufman at the event. However, De Randamie pulled out of the fight on December 3 citing an injury.[4] On December 11, she was replaced by promotional newcomerValentina Shevchenko.[5]
Charles Oliveira missed weight on his first attempt at the weigh ins, coming in at 150.5 lb. He was given additional time to make the weight limit, but made no attempts to cut further. Instead, he was fined 20 percent of his fight purse, which went toMyles Jury. This marked the third time that Oliveira missed weight in his UFC career.[6]
By reporters and UFC fans alike, UFC on Fox 17 is regarded as one of the greatest cards that the UFC has ever offered on broadcast television. Future UFC stars such asNate Diaz andVicente Luque, and future championsValentina Shevchenko,Charles Oliveira, andFrancis Ngannou were all victorious on this card. Additionally,Kamaru Usman defeatedLeon Edwards by unanimous decision; the two met in a rematch for theUFC Welterweight Championship on August 20, 2022, headliningUFC 278.[7] Edwards won by knockout in the fifth round.
| Main Card (Fox) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos (c) | def. | Donald Cerrone | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 1:06 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | def. | Junior dos Santos | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:43 | |
| Lightweight | Nate Diaz | def. | Michael Johnson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | def. | Randa Markos | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Catchweight (150.5 lb) | Charles Oliveira | def. | Myles Jury | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | C. B. Dollaway | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:28 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Valentina Shevchenko | def. | Sarah Kaufman | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Tamdan McCrory | def. | Josh Samman | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 4:10 | |
| Lightweight | Nik Lentz | def. | Danny Castillo | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Cole Miller | vs. | Jim Alers | No Contest (accidental eye poke) | 2 | 1:44 | [b] |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Kamaru Usman | def. | Leon Edwards | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | def. | Hayder Hassan | Technical Submission (anaconda choke) | 1 | 2:13 | |
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | def. | Luis Henrique | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:53 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[9]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Florida State Boxing Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[10]
^Oliviera was fined $7,400, 20 percent of his purse for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Myles Jury.[10]
<Both fighters earned show money; bout declared No Contest.[10]
