UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens

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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date June 28, 2014 (2014-06-28)
Venue AT&T Center
City San Antonio, Texas
Attendance 9,227[1]
Total gate $728,358[1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens (also known as UFC Fight Night 44) was a mixed martial arts event held at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.[2]

Background

The event was the first that the organization has hosted in San Antonio.[2] Zuffa hosted a World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 43, there in 2009.

The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens.[3]

Rani Yahya was expected to face Johnny Bedford in a rematch from their bout at UFC Fight Night 39. However, Yahya was forced out of the bout and replaced by Cody Gibson.[4]

A welterweight bout between Sean Spencer and Luiz Dutra was official for this card but had to be cancelled due to an injury.[5]

Myles Jury was scheduled to face Abel Trujillo at the event. However, Jury pulled out of the bout with an injury and was replaced briefly replaced by Frank Trevino. Subsequently, Trevino's originally scheduled opponent on the card, Joe Ellenberger, was briefly linked to bouts with newcomers Johnny Case[6] and Bryan Barberena. However, Case and Barberena were removed just days after being announced as well[7][8] and were eventually replaced by another newcomer James Moontasri. Then on June 9, Trevino pulled out of the bout and Trujillo was removed from the card entirely.[9]

Ray Borg was scheduled to face Ryan Benoit at the event.[10] However, on June 18 it was announced that Benoit had to pull out of the fight due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Shane Howell.[11]

Co-main event fighter Kelvin Gastelum initially weighed in over the 171 pound welterweight limit at 173 pounds. His subsequent efforts to make weight over the next two hours failed, hence he was forced to surrender 20 percent of his purse to opponent Nico Musoke.[12]

Results

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Cub Swanson def. Jeremy Stephens Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) 5 5:00
Catchweight (172.75 lbs) Kelvin Gastelum def. Nico Musoke Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira def. Andrew Craig Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas def. Hacran Dias Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Clint Hester def. Antônio Braga Neto Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Joe Ellenberger def. James Moontasri Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Carlos Diego Ferreira def. Colton Smith Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 0:38
Bantamweight Cody Gibson def. Johnny Bedford TKO (punches) 1 0:38
Middleweight Marcelo Guimarães def. Andy Enz Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Ray Borg def. Shane Howell Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:17
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight Oleksiy Oliynyk def. Anthony Hamilton Submission (scarf-hold headlock) 1 2:18 [lower-alpha 1]
  1. ↑ This bout aired on the Fox Sports 1 prelims broadcast after Ferreira vs. Smith fight.

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Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[14]

  • Fight of the Night: Cub Swanson vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Performance of the Night: Ray Borg and Carlos Diego Ferreira

See also

References

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