| UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02) | |||
| Venue | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | |||
| City | Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 8,652[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,026,937[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa (also known asUFC Fight Night 142) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that was held on December 2, 2018 atAdelaide Entertainment Centre inAdelaide, Australia.[2]
The event was the second that the promotion has contested in Adelaide, followingUFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt in May 2015.[2]
A heavyweight bout between formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionJunior dos Santos andTai Tuivasa served as the event headliner.[3]
The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom lightweight winnerRoss Pearson was expected to faceJoseph Duffy at the event. However, Pearson announced on 7 November that he was out of the bout due to a broken nose and subsequent surgery to correct the injury.[4] He was replaced by promotional newcomerDamir Ismagulov, but Duffy pulled out of citing a rib injury.[5] Ismagulov then faced fellow newcomer Alex Gorgees.[6]
Ashkan Mokhtarian was scheduled to face promotional newcomerKai Kara-France at the event. However, on 20 November, Mokhtarian pulled out of the fight citing injury.[7] He was replaced by Elias Garcia.[8]
Luke Jumeau was scheduled to faceGeoff Neal at the event.[9] However, it was reported on 9 November 2018 that Jumeau pulled from the card due to injury, resulting cancellation of the bout by the UFC official.[10]
| Main card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Tai Tuivasa | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:30 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Maurício Rua | def. | Tyson Pedro | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:43 | |
| Heavyweight | Justin Willis | def. | Mark Hunt | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Rocco Martin | def. | Jake Matthews | Technical Submission (anaconda choke) | 3 | 1:19 | |
| Featherweight | Sodiq Yusuff | def. | Suman Mokhtarian | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jimmy Crute | def. | Paul Craig | Submission (kimura) | 3 | 4:51 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alexey Kunchenko | def. | Yushin Okami | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Wilson Reis | def. | Ben Nguyen | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Keita Nakamura | def. | Salim Touahri | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Kai Kara-France | def. | Elias Garcia | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Christos Giagos | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Damir Ismagulov | def. | Alex Gorgees | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[12]
