| UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes (also known asUFC Fight Night 222, UFC on ESPN+ 80 andUFC Vegas 71) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 22, 2023, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A heavyweight bout betweenSergei Pavlovich andCurtis Blaydes headlined the event.[3]
A bantamweight bout betweenDanaa Batgerel and Brady Hiestand was scheduled forUFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen a week earlier.[4] However, the pair was moved to this event for undisclosed reasons.[5]
A women's strawweight bout between Iasmin Lucindo and Melissa Martinez was expected to take place at the event.[6] However, Martinez withdrew from the bout due to an undisclosed reason and was replaced byBrogan Walker-Sanchez.[7]
Rafael Estevam and Carlos Candelario were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at the event.[8] However, Candelario pulled out in mid-April due to injury and Estevam was moved as a replacement againstZhalgas Zhumagulov atUFC 288 on May 6.[9]
A bantamweight bout betweenSong Yadong and formerLFA Bantamweight ChampionRicky Simón was expected to take place at this event.[10] However, the bout was instead delayed a week to headlineUFC Fight Night 223 when that event’s original headliner was cancelled.[11]
At the weigh-ins,Priscila Cachoeira and William Gomis missed weight. Cachoeira weighed in at 130 pounds, four pounds over the women's flyweight non-title fight limit. Gomis weighed in at 147 pounds, one pound over the featherweight non-title fight limit. The Gomis-Marshall bout proceeded as a catchweight with Gomis being fined a percentage of his purse, which went to Francis Marshall. Cachoeira's bout againstKarine Silva was in turn scrapped.[12]
| Main Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Sergei Pavlovich | def. | Curtis Blaydes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:08 | |
| Middleweight | Bruno Silva | def. | Brad Tavares | TKO (knee and punch) | 1 | 3:35 | |
| Lightweight | Bobby Green | vs. | Jared Gordon | No Contest (accidental clash of heads) | 1 | 4:35 | [a] |
| Women's Flyweight | Iasmin Lucindo | def. | Brogan Walker | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jeremiah Wells | def. | Matthew Semelsberger | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Christos Giagos | def. | Ricky Glenn | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Bantamweight | Montel Jackson | def. | Rani Yahya | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:42 | |
| Women's Featherweight | Norma Dumont | def. | Karol Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Mohammad Usman | def. | Junior Tafa | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (147 lb) | William Gomis | def. | Francis Marshall | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Brady Hiestand | def. | Danaa Batgerel | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:21 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[14]
