| UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | |||
| Venue | Talking Stick Resort Arena | |||
| City | Phoenix, Arizona | |||
| Attendance | 11,589[1] | |||
| Total gate | $913,372.75[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn (also known asUFC Fight Night 103) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on January 15, 2017, atTalking Stick Resort Arena inPhoenix, Arizona[2][3]
This was the second event the organization hosted inPhoenix.[2][4]
A featherweight bout betweenThe Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winnerYair Rodríguez and formerUFC Lightweight andWelterweight ChampionB.J. Penn served as the event headliner.[5] This was Penn's first fight in the organization in over two-and-a-half years.
Erik Koch was expected to faceAnthony Rocco Martin at the event. However, Koch pulled out of the fight on December 12 citing injury and was replaced byAlex White.[6]
Damian Grabowski was expected to faceViktor Pešta at the event. However, Grabowski was removed from the bout on December 21 for undisclosed reasons and was replaced byAlexey Oleynik.[7]
On December 29, two bouts suffered alterations:Jussier Formiga pulled out from his bout againstSergio Pettis andJordan Rinaldi from his bout againstDevin Powell. They were replaced by formerUFC Flyweight Championship challengerJohn Moraga and promotional newcomerDrakkar Klose, respectively.[8]
Bryan Caraway was expected to faceJimmie Rivera at the event. However, Caraway pulled out of the bout on January 4 citing an undisclosed injury.[9] He was replaced byMarlon Vera.[10] Eventually, Rivera pulled from the fight as he felt going from a top-5 ranked fighter to an unranked one wouldn't make sense at that moment.[11][12]
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Yair Rodríguez | def. | B.J. Penn | TKO (front kick and punches) | 2 | 0:24 | |
| Lightweight | Joe Lauzon | def. | Marcin Held | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Court McGee | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Sergio Pettis | def. | John Moraga | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Drakkar Klose | def. | Devin Powell | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Augusto Mendes | def. | Frankie Saenz | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Alexey Oleynik | def. | Viktor Pešta | Submission (Ezekiel choke) | 1 | 2:57 | |
| Lightweight | Anthony Rocco Martin | def. | Alex White | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Nina Ansaroff | def. | Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:39 | |
| Heavyweight | Walt Harris | def. | Chase Sherman | KO (knee and punches) | 2 | 2:41 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Joachim Christensen | def. | Bojan Mihajlović | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:05 | |
| Heavyweight | Cyril Asker | def. | Dmitry Smolyakov | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 2:41 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[14]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Arizona Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $841,000.[15]
