| UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08) | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London, England | |||
| Attendance | 14,604[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,000,056[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa (also known asUFC Fight Night 37[2]) was amixed martial arts event held on March 8, 2014, atThe O2 Arena inLondon, England.[3] The event was shown live in the UK onChannel 5 andBT Sport and in the United States on UFC Fight Pass.
A bout betweenAlexander Gustafsson andJimi Manuwa headlined the event.[3]
UFC PresidentDana White initially announced that a bout between Gustafsson andAntônio Rogério Nogueira would be headlining the event.[4] However, just 5 days after the fight was announced news came that Nogueira had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury.[5][6] Later, reports came that said that Nogueira had never agreed to take the fight against Gustafsson at all.[7]
Ross Pearson was expected to faceMelvin Guillard in a rematch at the event. However, Pearson pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced byMichael Johnson.[8]
Brad Pickett was expected to make his Flyweight debut againstIan McCall on this card.[9] However, on February 13, it was announced that McCall had pulled out of the bout and was replaced by promotional newcomerNeil Seery.[10]
A bout betweenRoland Delorme andDavey Grant was cancelled after the weigh ins the day before the event due to Grant suffering a torn meniscus.[11][12]
| Fight card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Alexander Gustafsson | def. | Jimi Manuwa | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 1:18 | |
| Lightweight | Michael Johnson | def. | Melvin Guillard | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Brad Pickett | def. | Neil Seery | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Gunnar Nelson | def. | Omari Akhmedov | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:36 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ilir Latifi | def. | Cyrille Diabaté | Submission (ninja choke)[13] | 1 | 3:02 | |
| Middleweight | Luke Barnatt | def. | Mats Nilsson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:24 | |
| Middleweight | Cláudio Silva | def. | Brad Scott | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Igor Araújo | def. | Danny Mitchell | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Louis Gaudinot | vs. | Phil Harris | No Contest (overturned) | 1 | 1:13 | [a] |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[16]
