| UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14) | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | 16,811[1] | |||
| Total gate | $4,041,119.14[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 14, 2019, atT-Mobile Arena inParadise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2][3]
AUFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion andThe Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians winnerKamaru Usman and former interim championColby Covington served as the event headliner.[4]
AUFC Featherweight Championship bout between the current championMax Holloway andAlexander Volkanovski took place as the co-main event.[5]
AUFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current championAmanda Nunes (also the currentUFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and the inaugural featherweight championGermaine de Randamie also took place at the event.[6] The pairing previously met in November 2013 atUFC: Fight for the Troops 3, with Nunes winning the encounter via TKO in the first round.[7]
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face former welterweight championRobbie Lawler at the event. However, Ponzinibbio pulled out of the fight on October 12 citing astaph infection. Despite having over two months before the event, promotion officials elected to remove Lawler from the card entirely instead of having him face a replacement.[8]
Sergio Pettis was briefly linked to a bout withKai Kara-France at the event.[9] However, Pettis revealed in early October that he was entertaining offers from other promotions after the completion of his previous contract and did not currently have a fight lined up with the promotion.[10] Kara-France ultimately facedBrandon Moreno.[11]
At the weigh-ins, formerUFC Women's Flyweight Championship challengerJessica Eye failed to make weight, coming in at 131 pounds, five pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126 pounds. She was fined 30% of her fight purse, which went to her opponentViviane Araújo and the bout proceeded at a catchweight.[12]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Colby Covington | TKO (punches) | 5 | 4:10 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | def. | Max Holloway (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Germaine de Randamie | Decision (unanimous) (49–44, 49–46, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Marlon Moraes | def. | José Aldo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def. | Urijah Faber | KO (head kick) | 3 | 0:43 | |
| Preliminary Card (ESPN2) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Geoff Neal | def. | Mike Perry | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 1:30 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Irene Aldana | def. | Ketlen Vieira | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:51 | |
| Middleweight | Omari Akhmedov | def. | Ian Heinisch | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Matt Brown | def. | Ben Saunders | KO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 4:55 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Chase Hooper | def. | Daniel Teymur | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 4:34 | |
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | def. | Kai Kara-France | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (131 lb) | Jessica Eye | def. | Viviane Araújo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Punahele Soriano | def. | Oskar Piechota | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:17 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[1]
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. The total disclosed payout for the event was $4,084,000.[14]
