| UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) | |||
| Venue | TD Garden | |||
| City | Boston,Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Attendance | 18,293[1] | |||
| Total gate | $7,247,654.86[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 19, 2023, at theTD Garden inBoston,Massachusetts, United States.[2]
The event marked the promotion's seventh visit to Boston and first sinceUFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman in October 2019.[2]
AUFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current championAljamain Sterling andSean O'Malley headlined the event.[3]
AUFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current two-time championZhang Weili andAmanda Lemos served as the co-headliner.[4]
The lightweight and bantamweight finals ofThe Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler took place at the event.[5]
FormerLFA Middleweight ChampionGregory Rodrigues and Denis Tiuliulin were expected to meet in a middleweight bout atUFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria.[6] However, the bout was postponed to this event after Tiuliulin withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[7]
A bantamweight bout between formerUFC Flyweight andBantamweight ChampionHenry Cejudo (also2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) andMarlon Vera was expected to take place at the event.[8] However, Cejudo withdrew in late June due to a shoulder injury.[9] He was replaced byPedro Munhoz.[10]
A bantamweight bout betweenRob Font andSong Yadong was expected to take place at the event.[11] However, Yadong withdrew for unknown reasons and Font was instead scheduled to faceCory Sandhagen two weeks prior atUFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font as Sandhagen was in need of a new opponent.[12]
A welterweight bout betweenIan Machado Garry andGeoff Neal was expected to take place at the event.[13] However, Neal withdrew due to undisclosed health reasons.[14] He was replaced byNeil Magny.[15]
Former bantamweight championCody Garbrandt was scheduled to faceMario Bautista.[16] However, Garbrandt pulled out due to injury a week before the event.[17] He was replaced by Da'Mon Blackshear, who last fought a week before atUFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos.[18]
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Sean O'Malley | def. | Aljamain Sterling (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:51 | [a] |
| Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def. | Amanda Lemos | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Ian Machado Garry | def. | Neil Magny | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–24) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Mario Bautista | def. | Da'Mon Blackshear | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Marlon Vera | def. | Pedro Munhoz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Chris Weidman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gregory Rodrigues | def. | Denis Tiuliulin | KO (elbows) | 1 | 1:43 | |
| Lightweight | Kurt Holobaugh | def. | Austin Hubbard | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 2:39 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Brad Katona | def. | Cody Gibson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Andre Petroski | def. | Gerald Meerschaert | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Natália Silva | def. | Andrea Lee | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Karine Silva | def. | Maryna Moroz | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:59 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[20]
The following is the reported payout to the athletes as reported to the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission (MSAC). It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC.[21]
