| UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08) | |||
| Venue | Allphones Arena | |||
| City | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 9,904[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1.5 million[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping (also known asUFC Fight Night 55, orUFC Fight Night Sydney) was amixed martial arts event held at theAllphones Arena inSydney, Australia on November 8, 2014.[2][3]
This event was the fourth event that the UFC hosted in Sydney and the sixth event to take place in Australia. The last time the UFC was in Sydney was forUFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann on March 3, 2012.[2]
Ray Borg was expected to faceRichie Vaculik at this event. However, Borg was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and was replaced byNeil Seery.[4] Subsequently, Seery pulled out of that bout as well and was replaced byLouis Smolka.[5]
Patrick Williams was expected to faceJumabieke Tuerxun at the event. However, Williams was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced byMarcus Brimage.[6]
A scheduled featherweight bout betweenMark Eddiva andMike De La Torre was cancelled after both fighters suffered injuries.[7]
Daniel Omielańczuk was expected to faceSoa Palelei at this event. However, Omielańczuk was forced to pull out of this event due to injury and was replaced byWalt Harris.[8]
Aljamain Sterling was expected to faceFrankie Saenz, though Saenz was forced to withdraw from the bout. Promotional newcomer Michael Imperato was briefly linked as a replacement. However, his signing was quickly rescinded[9] and as a result, Sterling was pulled from the event altogether.[10]
| Fight card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Luke Rockhold | def. | Michael Bisping | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:57 | |
| Lightweight | Al Iaquinta | def. | Ross Pearson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:39 | |
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | def. | Clint Hester | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 2:43 | |
| Heavyweight | Soa Palelei | def. | Walt Harris | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:49 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Jake Matthews | def. | Vagner Rocha | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:52 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Perosh | def. | Guto Inocente | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:46 | |
| Middleweight | Sam Alvey | def. | Dylan Andrews | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:16 | |
| Flyweight | Louis Smolka | def. | Richie Vaculik | TKO (side kick and punches) | 3 | 0:18 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Chris Clements | def. | Vik Grujic | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:06 | |
| Middleweight | Dan Kelly | def. | Luke Zachrich | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 4:27 | |
| Bantamweight | Marcus Brimage | def. | Zhumabek Tursyn | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:58 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[12]
The event holds the record of having themost finishes on a single modern UFC card with 11 finishes, for a rate of 1.000.[13]UFC 224 would later tie this record on May 12, 2018, but at a finishing rate of 0.846.[14]UFC 281 on November 12, 2022 andUFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho on September 6, 2025 also had eleven finishes to tie this record.
