| UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25) | |||
| Venue | Chesapeake Energy Arena | |||
| City | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||
| Attendance | 7,605[1] | |||
| Total gate | $549,302[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee (also known asUFC Fight Night 112) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on June 25, 2017, atChesapeake Energy Arena inOklahoma City, Oklahoma.[2]
The event was the second that the promotion has hosted in Oklahoma City, followingUFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard in September 2009.[2]
A lightweight bout betweenThe Ultimate Fighter: Live lightweight winnerMichael Chiesa andKevin Lee served as the event headliner.[3]
A featherweight bout between formerUFC Lightweight andWelterweight ChampionB.J. Penn andDennis Siver took place at this event.[4] The pairing was originally booked forUFC 199. However, the bout was cancelled due to Siver being injured.[5]
Antônio Rogério Nogueira was expected to faceIlir Latifi at the event. However, on May 17, it was announced that Nogueira pulled out due to a neck injury. Subsequently, despite having six weeks to secure a replacement opponent, promotion officials elected to remove Latifi from the event entirely.[6]
A featherweight bout between promotional newcomers,Jared Gordon and Michel Quiñones was expected to take place atUFC 211. However, Gordon pulled out of the fight on the day before the event due to stomach illness and as a result, Quiñones was removed from the card.[7] The pairing was rescheduled for this event.[8]
Promotional newcomerAzamat Murzakanov was expected to faceJoachim Christensen at the event. However, Murzakanov was removed from the card on June 8 for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by fellow newcomerDominick Reyes.[9]
At the weigh-ins, formerUFC Welterweight ChampionJohny Hendricks andJared Gordon missed the required weight for their respective fights, weighing in at 188 lb and 149 lb, respectively. They were both fined 20% of their purse which went to their respective opponents,Tim Boetsch and Michel Quiñones. The bouts proceeded at catchweight.[10]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Kevin Lee | def. | Michael Chiesa | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:37 | |
| Catchweight (188 lb) | Tim Boetsch | def. | Johny Hendricks | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 0:46 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Felice Herrig | def. | Justine Kish | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Dominick Reyes | def. | Joachim Christensen | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:29 | |
| Welterweight | Tim Means | def. | Alex Garcia | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Dennis Siver | def. | B.J. Penn | Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Clay Guida | def. | Erik Koch | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Marvin Vettori | def. | Vitor Miranda | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Carla Esparza | def. | Maryna Moroz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Darrell Horcher | def. | Devin Powell | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Catchweight (149 lb) | Jared Gordon | def. | Michel Quiñones | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:24 | |
| Lightweight | Anthony Rocco Martin | def. | Johnny Case | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jeremy Kimball | def. | Josh Stansbury | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:21 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[12]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Oklahoma 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 $1,225,000.[13]
¹Johny Hendricks was fined 20 percent of his purse ($20,000) for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Tim Boetsch. That money was issued to Boetsch, an OSAC official confirmed.
²Jared Gordon was fined 20 percent of his purse ($2000) for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Michel Quiñones. That money was issued to Quiñones, an OSAC official confirmed.
On June 29, it was announced that Chiesa filed a complaint against refereeMario Yamasaki and an appeal of the result, citing referee Yamasaki's "long history of failing to meet the standards officials are held to" in his request. He also mentioned illegal elbows delivered by Lee and Yamasaki's stoppage of the fight; Chiesa stated "I did not tap, I did not verbally submit, I was not knocked unconscious, and at no point did I go unconscious." Oklahoma State Athletic Commission (OSAC) administrator Joe Miller confirmed he has received the request and will review the bout before potentially presenting it to the commission.[14] On July 20, the OSAC decided there "wasn’t enough evidence" to overturn Yamasaki's decision.[15]
