| UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 14, 2020 (2020-03-14) | |||
| Venue | Ginásio Nilson Nelson | |||
| City | Brasília, Brazil | |||
| Attendance | None (behind closed doors)[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira (also known asUFC Fight Night 170 andUFC on ESPN+ 28) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 14, 2020 atGinásio Nilson Nelson inBrasília, Brazil.[2][3]
A lightweight bout between former interimUFC Lightweight Championship challengerKevin Lee andCharles Oliveira served as the event headliner.[4]
A middleweight bout betweenBrad Tavares andThe Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 heavyweight winnerAntônio Carlos Júnior was scheduled for the event. However, Tavares was forced to pull out of the fight due to ananterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.[5] He was replaced byMakhmud Muradov.[6] In turn, Júnior suffered an unspecified injury and the bout was cancelled from the event.[7]
A women's strawweight bout betweenPaige VanZant andAmanda Ribas was scheduled for the event. However, VanZant was forced to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury. VanZant requested to reschedule the bout one month later, but Ribas decided to remain at the event andRanda Markos stepped in as the replacement.[8]
A flyweight bout betweenSu Mudaerji andBruno Gustavo da Silva was scheduled for the event. However, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Mudaerji was forced to withdraw from the event as he would not travel to prepare for the fight and was replaced by promotional newcomerDavid Dvořák.[9]
At the weigh-ins, Lee weighed in at 158.5 lb, 2.5 lb over the lightweight non-title fight limit of 156 pounds. He was fined 20% of his purse and his bout with Oliveira proceeded as scheduled at a catchweight.[10]
On March 12, the UFC announced that this event would take placebehind closed doors (for the first time in the promotion's history) after Ibaneis Rocha, thegovernor of theFederal District (where Brasília is located), announced that large gatherings will be suspended or closed for a period of 5 days due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] Both the UFC's planned Thursday media day and Friday ceremonial weigh-ins were cancelled ahead of the card, with the official early morning weigh-ins being the only official fighter obligations that remained ahead of fight night.[1] In response, UFC presidentDana White stated "We [The UFC] always go overboard with health and safety, and that’s what we’re going to do here", although none of the fighters weretested for the COVID-19 virus by the commission leading up to the event.[11][12]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Catchweight (158.5 lb) | Charles Oliveira | def. | Kevin Lee | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 0:28 | |
| Welterweight | Gilbert Burns | def. | Demian Maia | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:34 | |
| Lightweight | Renato Moicano | def. | Damir Hadžović | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:44 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Nikita Krylov | def. | Johnny Walker | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Francisco Trinaldo | def. | John Makdessi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | def. | Jussier Formiga | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Amanda Ribas | def. | Randa Markos | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–25, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | def. | Alexey Kunchenko | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Enrique Barzola | vs. | Rani Yahya | Draw (majority) (29–28, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Maryna Moroz | def. | Mayra Bueno Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | David Dvořák | def. | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Bea Malecki | def. | Veronica Macedo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[14]
