| UFC Fight Night: Muñoz vs. Mousasi | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Muñoz vs. Mousasi | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 31, 2014 (2014-05-31) | |||
| Venue | O2 World | |||
| City | Berlin, Germany | |||
| Attendance | 8,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Muñoz vs. Mousasi (also known asUFC Fight Night 41) was amixed martial arts event held on May 31, 2014, atO2 World inBerlin, Germany.[2]
The event was the first that the organization had hosted in Berlin, and third in Germany followingUFC 99 andUFC 122 in 2009 and 2010.
The event was the first of two that took place on May 31, 2014, withThe Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado being the other making it only the second time in UFC history that they have hosted two events in one day.
The card was headlined by a middleweight bout betweenGegard Mousasi andMark Muñoz.[3]
Thiago Tavares was expected to faceTom Niinimäki at the event. However, Tavares pulled out of the bout citing an injured thigh and was replaced by promotional newcomerNiklas Bäckström.[4][5]
The octagon's canvas was exceptionally lacking sponsor logos, due to the Berlin event's canvas having been unintentionally shipped to São Paulo's event.[6]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Mark Muñoz | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:57 | |
| Middleweight | C. B. Dollaway | def. | Francis Carmont | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Sean Strickland | def. | Luke Barnatt | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Niklas Bäckström | def. | Tom Niinimäki | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Nick Hein | def. | Drew Dober | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Magnus Cedenblad | def. | Krzysztof Jotko | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:59 | |
| Bantamweight | Iuri Alcântara | def. | Vaughan Lee | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:25 | |
| Welterweight | Peter Sobotta | def. | Pawel Pawlak | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Maximo Blanco | def. | Andy Ogle | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Ruslan Magomedov | def. | Viktor Pešta | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[8]
