| UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) | |||
| Venue | Toyota Center | |||
| City | Houston, Texas, United States | |||
| Attendance | 14,622[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,859,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 250,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson was amixed martial arts event held on October 3, 2015, at theToyota Center inHouston, Texas.[3]
The event was the fourth that the promotion has hosted in Houston, and the first sinceUFC 166 in 2013.[3]
The event was headlined by aUFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current championDaniel Cormier and top contenderAlexander Gustafsson. The bout was initially linked as the event headliner forUFC 191. However, the bout was postponed to this event as a result of Cormier's knee injury.[4]
Leslie Smith was expected to faceRaquel Pennington at this event. However, Smith was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and Pennington was rebooked against a separate opponent at another event.[5][6]
Anthony Hamilton was expected to faceDerrick Lewis at the event.[7] However, Hamilton was pulled from the bout and replaced byViktor Pešta.[8]
Johny Hendricks was set to faceTyron Woodley in the co-main event. However, Hendricks pulled out of the fight on the day of the weigh-ins due to akidney stone and intestinal blockage suffered during his weight cut. Therefore, the fight was canceled.[9]
Francisco Treviño missed weight on his first attempt at the weigh ins, coming in at 160 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 toSage Northcutt.[10]
On October 15, it was announced that Treviño tested positive formarijuana in post-fight tests. If Treviño was found by theTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation's enforcement division to have violated its rules, he would face a one-year probated suspension, in which he can still fight provided he does not break any more rules, or a full one-year suspension. He also faced up to a $5,000 fine.[11]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier (c) | def. | Alexander Gustafsson | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | def. | Rashad Evans | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Ruslan Magomedov | def. | Shawn Jordan | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Joseph Benavidez | def. | Ali Bagautinov | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Julianna Peña | def. | Jessica Eye | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Yair Rodríguez | def. | Dan Hooker | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Albert Tumenov | def. | Alan Jouban | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 2:55 | |
| Lightweight | Adriano Martins | def. | Islam Makhachev | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:46 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas | def. | Angela Hill | Submission (standing rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:47 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Catchweight (160 lb) | Sage Northcutt | def. | Francisco Treviño | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 0:57 | |
| Flyweight | Sergio Pettis | def. | Chris Cariaso | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | def. | Viktor Pešta | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:15 | |
The following fighters each received $50,000 bonuses:[13]
