| UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) | |||
| Venue | Revel Casino Hotel | |||
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 4,115[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller (also known asUFC Fight Night 45) was amixed martial arts event held on July 16, 2014, atRevel Casino Hotel inAtlantic City, New Jersey.[2]
The event was headlined by a lightweight bout betweenDonald Cerrone andJim Miller.[3]
Zak Cummings was briefly linked to a bout withKenny Robertson at the event.[4] Cummings was pulled from the fight in favor of a matchup withGunnar Nelson a few days later atUFC Fight Night 46 after his opponentRyan LaFlare was removed from that card.[5] Subsequently, Robertson was removed from the card entirely and rescheduled to faceIldemar Alcântara a week earlier atUFC 175.[6]
Rick Story was expected to faceJohn Howard at the event. Howard was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced byLeonardo Mafra.[7]
Jim Alers was expected to faceLucas Martins at the event. Alers pulled out of the bout, citing injury, and was replaced byAlex White.[8]
Leo Kuntz was expected to make his UFC debut againstYosdenis Cedeno at the event. Kuntz was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomerJerrod Sanders.[9]
The preliminary card bout betweenCláudia Gadelha and Tina Lähdemäki was the first women's strawweight fight in UFC history.
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Donald Cerrone | def. | Jim Miller | KO (head kick) | 2 | 3:31 | |
| Lightweight | Edson Barboza | def. | Evan Dunham | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 3:06 | |
| Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Leonardo Mafra | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:12 | |
| Lightweight | Joe Proctor | def. | Justin Salas | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:27 | |
| Flyweight | John Lineker | def. | Alp Ozkilic | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:51 | |
| Featherweight | Lucas Martins | def. | Alex White | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:08 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Gleison Tibau | def. | Pat Healy | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Leslie Smith | def. | Jessamyn Duke | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:24 | |
| Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling | def. | Hugo Viana | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:50 | |
| Lightweight | Yosdenis Cedeno | def. | Jerrod Sanders | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Cláudia Gadelha | def. | Tina Lähdemäki | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[11]
