UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare

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UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date March 21, 2015 (2015-03-21)
Venue Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
City Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Attendance 7,707[1]
Event chronology
UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare (also known as UFC Fight Night 62) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 21, 2015 at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Background

After hosting a PPV event at the venue and some others at HSBC Arena, the event was the first Fight Night that the UFC has hosted in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

The event was expected to be headlined by a bantamweight rematch between Urijah Faber and Raphael Assunção.[3] However, on February 2, Assunção was forced out of the bout as his ankle, injured in mid-December 2014, was slow to heal and he was unable to resume the proper training to prepare for the fight in that time frame.[4] The UFC also removed Faber from the card and promoted a welterweight bout between Demian Maia and Ryan LaFlare to the main event.[5]

Matt Wiman was expected to face Leonardo Santos at the event. However on February 11, Wiman pulled out of the bout citing a back injury and was replaced by Tony Martin.[6]

Josh Thomson was expected to face Gilbert Burns at the event. However on February 26, Thomson pulled out of the fight with an undisclosed injury,[7] while Burns remained on the card and faced Alex Oliveira.[8]

Ben Saunders was expected to face Erick Silva at the event. However on March 6, Saunders pulled out of the bout due to an injury.[9] He was replaced by Josh Koscheck.[10] Koscheck had previously fought just 21 days before this event at UFC 184, losing his fight against Jake Ellenberger.[11]

A lightweight fight between Leandro Silva and Drew Dober ended with controversy as referee Eduardo Herdy stopped the bout at 2:45 of the second round for no apparent reason, as Dober had already escaped a guillotine choke attempt.[12] The result was met with an enormous amount of complaints from several people related to mixed martial arts. Dober was paid his win bonus regardless.[13] Although initially announcing the controversial result would stand, the Comissão Atlética Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) – Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission – overturned Silva’s win and declared the fight a no-contest on March 26.[14]

On April 9, the CABMMA announced that Jorge de Oliveira failed a fight night drug test, testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. He was suspended for one year, retroactive to the event date.[15]

Results

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Demian Maia def. Ryan LaFlare Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 48–46) 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Erick Silva def. Josh Koscheck Submission (guillotine choke) 1 4:21
Lightweight Leonardo Santos def. Tony Martin Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 2:29
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes def. Shayna Baszler TKO (leg kick) 1 1:56
Lightweight Gilbert Burns def. Alex Oliveira Submission (armbar) 3 4:14
Featherweight Godofredo Pepey def. Andre Fili Submission (flying triangle choke) 1 3:14
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo def. Akbarh Arreola Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Kevin Souza def. Katsunori Kikuno KO (punch) 1 1:31
Lightweight Leandro Silva vs. Drew Dober No Contest (overturned) 2 2:45 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Leonardo Mafra def. Cain Carrizosa Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Christos Giagos def. Jorge de Oliveira Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:12
Flyweight Fredy Serrano def. Bentley Syler KO (punch) 3 1:34
  1. ↑ Maia was docked 1 point in the 5th round for stalling on the ground and not engaging in the fight.
  2. ↑ Original ruled a technical submission (guillotine choke) victory for Silva; result overturned to "No Contest" by CABMMA as referee errantly stopped the fight.[14]

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Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[18]

  • Fight of the Night: None awarded
  • Performance of the Night: Gilbert Burns, Godofredo Pepey, Kevin Souza and Fredy Serrano

See also

References

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