| UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 26, 2023 (2023-08-26) | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City | Singapore | |||
| Attendance | 10,263[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,288,777[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie (also known asUFC Fight Night 225 andUFC on ESPN+ 83) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 26, 2023, at theSingapore Indoor Stadium inKallang, Singapore.[2]
The event marked the promotion's sixth visit to Singapore and first sinceUFC 275 in June 2022.[2]
A featherweight bout between formerUFC Featherweight ChampionMax Holloway and former title challengerJung Chan-sung served as the event's headliner.[3]
A women's flyweight bout between formerUFC Women's Flyweight Championship challengerTaila Santos andErin Blanchfield took place at this event.[4] They were previously scheduled to headlineUFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield but Santos withdrew after her cornermen were denied visas into the United States.[5]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Max Holloway | def. | Jung Chan-sung | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:23 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | def. | Ryan Spann | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Giga Chikadze | def. | Alex Caceres | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | def. | Fernie Garcia | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Erin Blanchfield | def. | Taila Santos | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Junior Tafa | def. | Parker Porter | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:24 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | def. | Łukasz Brzeski | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:01 | |
| Bantamweight | Garrett Armfield | def. | Toshiomi Kazama | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:16 | |
| Middleweight | Michał Oleksiejczuk | def. | Chidi Njokuani | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:16 | |
| Welterweight | Song Kenan | def. | Rolando Bedoya | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Billy Goff | def. | Yusaku Kinoshita | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:49 | |
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | def. | Liang Na | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 4:49 | |
| Featherweight | Choi Seung-woo | def. | Jarno Errens | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[7]