| UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 15, 2018 (2018-09-15) | |||
| Venue | Olimpiyskiy Stadium | |||
| City | Moscow,Russia | |||
| Attendance | 22,603[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,840,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik (also known asUFC Fight Night 136) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on September 15, 2018 atOlimpiyskiy Stadium inMoscow,Russia.[2]
The event marked the promotion's first visit to Russia, the 21st country.[2] The UFC arranged to use half of the venue and used a modified seating configuration for the arena.[3]
While not officially announced, the promotion was initially targeting a heavyweight bout between formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionFabrício Werdum andAleksei Oleinik to serve as the main event.[4] However, on May 22, Werdum was flagged for a potential USADA doping violation and his status moving forward became unknown.[5] On July 19, the promotion announced that a bout between the2001 K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former interim title challengerMark Hunt and Oleinik would serve as the event headliner.[6] On September 11, USADA announced that Werdum was suspended for two years due to steroidtrenbolone and its metabolite epitrenbolone.[7]
Rustam Khabilov was expected to faceKajan Johnson atUFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov. However, Khabilov pulled out of the fight citing an injury and the bout was scrapped.[8] The pairing was rescheduled for this event.[9]
Douglas Silva de Andrade was briefly scheduled to facePetr Yan at the event. However, Andrade pulled out of the fight on August 9 citing a foot injury.[10] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Jin Soo Son.[11]
Krzysztof Jotko was expected to face promotional newcomer Adam Yandiev at the event. However, Jotko pulled out of the fight on August 16 citing injury and was replaced byJordan Johnson.[12]
Cláudio Silva was scheduled to faceRamazan Emeev at the event. However, Silva pulled out of the fight in early September citing a lower back injury.[13] Emeev instead faced promotional newcomer Stefan Sekulić.[14]
Omari Akhmedov was expected to faceC. B. Dollaway at the event. However, Akhmedov pulled out of the fight in early September and was briefly replaced by promotional newcomer Artem Frolov.[15] However, after just three days, Frolov backed out of the fight citing lingering injuries.[16] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Khalid Murtazaliev.[17]
At the weigh-ins, Jin Soo Son andMairbek Taisumov both missed the required weight for their respective fights. Son weighed in at 137 pounds, 1 pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136. Meanwhile, Taisumov weighed in at 161 pounds, 5 pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit of 156. Son was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to his opponentPetr Yan, while Taisumov surrendered 40 percent of his purse toDesmond Green.[18]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Aleksei Oleinik | def. | Mark Hunt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:26 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | def. | Nikita Krylov | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:41 | |
| Heavyweight | Shamil Abdurakhimov | def. | Andrei Arlovski | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Alexey Kunchenko | def. | Thiago Alves | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Khalid Murtazaliev | def. | C. B. Dollaway | TKO (referee stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (137 lb) | Petr Yan | def. | Jin Soo Son | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rustam Khabilov | def. | Kajan Johnson | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (161 lb) | Mairbek Taisumov | def. | Desmond Green | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | def. | Marcin Prachnio | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Middleweight | Jordan Johnson | def. | Adam Yandiev | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 0:42 | |
| Welterweight | Ramazan Emeev | def. | Stefan Sekulić | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Merab Dvalishvili | def. | Terrion Ware | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[20]
