UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega

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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date December 9, 2017  ( 2017-12-09 )
Venue Save Mart Center
City Fresno, California
Attendance 7,605 [1]
Total gate $568,290 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega (also known as UFC Fight Night 123 ) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on December 9, 2017, at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California . [2]

Background [ edit ]

While the UFC has hosted many events in Northern California , the event marked the promotion's first visit to Fresno. [2] Former Zuffa subsidiary Strikeforce previously contested five events in Fresno, the most recent in October 2010 . [3]

A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Brian Ortega served as the event headliner. [4] [5] [6]

Promotional newcomer John Phillips was expected to face Eryk Anders at the event. However, Phillips was removed from the card on November 2 and was replaced by fellow newcomer Markus Perez Echeimberg . [7]

Rani Yahya was expected to face Aljamain Sterling at this event. However, Yahya was forced to pull out from the card on November 7 due to injury. [8] He was replaced by former WSOF Bantamweight Champion Marlon Moraes . [9]

Bryan Caraway was expected to face Luke Sanders at the event. However, on November 20, Caraway pulled out of the fight due to undisclosed reasons. [10] He was replaced by Andre Soukhamthath . [11]

Carls John de Tomas and Alex Perez were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at this event. However, the CSAC elected to move the bout to the bantamweight division as they were concerned with De Tomas weight during fight week. [12]

Benito Lopez was fined 10% of his show money by the CSAC due to shoving his opponent Albert Morales at the weigh-ins ceremony. That money will go directly to the commission. [13]

Results [ edit ]

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Brian Ortega def. Cub Swanson Submission (guillotine choke) 2 3:22
Featherweight Gabriel Benitez def. Jason Knight Decision (unanimous) (30?26, 30?26, 29?27) 3 5:00 [a]
Bantamweight Marlon Moraes def. Aljamain Sterling KO (knee) 1 1:07
Lightweight Scott Holtzman def. Darrell Horcher Decision (unanimous) (30?27, 30?27, 30?27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Eryk Anders def. Markus Perez Echeimberg Decision (unanimous) (30?26, 30?25, 29?28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Benito Lopez def. Albert Morales Decision (unanimous) (30?27, 29?28, 29?28) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Women's Flyweight Alexis Davis def. Liz Carmouche Decision (split) (29?28, 28?29, 29?28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Andre Soukhamthath def. Luke Sanders TKO (punches) 2 1:06
Bantamweight Alex Perez def. Carls John de Tomas Submission (D'Arce choke) 2 1:54
Bantamweight Frankie Saenz def. Merab Dvalishvili Decision (split) (28?29, 29?28, 29?28) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Alejandro Perez def. Iuri Alcantara Decision (unanimous) (30?27, 29?28, 29?28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Davi Ramos def. Chris Gruetzemacher Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 0:50
Middleweight Trevin Giles def. Antonio Braga Neto TKO (punches) 3 2:27
  1. ^ Knight was deducted one point in round 1 for biting Benitez's fingers.

[14]

Bonus awards [ edit ]

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [15]

  • Fight of the Night: Brian Ortega vs. Cub Swanson
  • Performance of the Night: Brian Ortega and Marlon Moraes

Reported payout [ edit ]

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic 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 $866,000. [16]

  • Brian Ortega: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $76,000
  • Gabriel Benitez: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Jason Knight: $31,000
  • Marlon Moraes: $146,000 (includes $73,000 win bonus) def. Aljamian Sterling: $36,000
  • Scott Holtzman: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Darrell Horcher: $15,000
  • Eryk Anders: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Markus Perez: $12,000
  • Benito Lopez: $19,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Albert Morales: $15,000 ^
  • Alexis Davis: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus) def. Liz Carmouche: $30,000
  • Andre Soukhamthath: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Luke Sanders: $12,000
  • Alex Perez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Carls John de Tomas: $10,000
  • Frankie Saenz: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Merab Dvalishvili: $10,000
  • Alejandro Perez: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Iuri Alcantara: $29,000
  • Davi Ramos: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Chris Gruetzemacher: $12,000
  • Trevin Giles: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Antonio Braga Neto: $10,000

^ Benito Lopez was fined 10 percent of his purse ($1,000) for shoving his opponent at the weigh-ins ceremony. That money went directly to the commission.

Aftermath [ edit ]

On December 29, it was announced that Carl John de Tomas failed a USADA drug test stemming from his appearance at this event following his weigh-in. [17] On February 5, he accepted a one-year suspension. [18]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Staff (2017-12-10). "UFC Fight Night 123 draws reported 7,605 attendance for $568,290 live gate in Fresno" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-10 .
  2. ^ a b Tristen Critchfield (2017-09-19). "UFC Fight Night 123 marks promotion's first visit to Fresno" . sherdog.com . Retrieved 2017-09-19 .
  3. ^ Staff (2017-09-17). "UFC to debut in Fresno on Dec. 9 with UFC Fight Night 123" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-09-19 .
  4. ^ Fernando Quiles Jr. (2017-09-28). "Cub Swanson vs. Brian Ortega in the works for UFC Fight Night 123" . mmanews.com . Retrieved 2017-09-28 .
  5. ^ Staff (2017-10-02). "Cub Swanson says he's headlining UFC Fight Night 123 against Brian Ortega" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-10-02 .
  6. ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2017-10-10). "Swanson faces Ortega in All-California main event in Fresno" . ufc.com . Retrieved 2017-10-10 .
  7. ^ Raphael Marinho (2017-11-02). "Markus Maluko signs with UFC and debuts against Eryk Anders, December 9" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com . Retrieved 2017-11-02 .
  8. ^ John Morgan (2017-11-07). "Aljamain Sterling needs new opponent for UFC-Fresno with Rani Yahya forced out" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-11-08 .
  9. ^ Simon Samano (2017-11-17). "Aljamain Sterling gets Marlon Moraes as UFC-Fresno replacement opponent" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-11-17 .
  10. ^ John Morgan (2017-11-20). "Bryan Caraway out at UFC-Fresno, Luke Sanders needs new opponent" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
  11. ^ Marcel Dorff (2017-11-22). "Andre Soukhamthath replaces Bryan Caraway against Luke Sanders at UFC Fresno" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl . Retrieved 2017-11-22 .
  12. ^ John Morgan (2017-12-07). "UFC, CSAC shift weight class on UFC-Fresno bout" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-07 .
  13. ^ John Morgan (2017-12-08). "Benito Lopez fined 10 percent for UFC-Fresno weigh-ins shove; CSAC to keep money" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-08 .
  14. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega" . Ultimate Fighting Championship . Retrieved 2017-09-28 .
  15. ^ Staff (2017-12-10). "UFC Fight Night 123 bonuses: Brian Ortega's amazing performance doubles up for $100,000" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-10 .
  16. ^ Staff (2017-12-13). "UFC Fight Night 123 salaries: Ex-WSOF champ Marlon Moraes leads $866k payroll" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-13 .
  17. ^ Staff (2017-12-29). "Carls John de Tomas fails USADA drug test, notified of potential anti-doping infraction" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2017-12-29 .
  18. ^ Steven Marrocco (2018-02-05). "Former UFC bantamweight Carls John de Tomas accepts one-year USADA suspension" . mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2018-02-05 .
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