UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos

UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
	The poster for UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	February 23, 2019
Venue	O2 Arena
City	Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance	16,583
Total gate	$1,606,176
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos (also known as UFC Fight Night 145 or UFC on ESPN+ 3) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on February 23, 2019 at O₂ Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.^[2]

Background

The event marked the promotion's first visit to the Czech Republic.^[2]

A light heavyweight bout between former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz and Thiago Santos served as the event headliner.^[3]^[4]

Darko Stošić was scheduled to face Magomed Ankalaev at the event. However, Stošić pulled out of the fight on January 23 citing injury.^[5] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Klidson Abreu.^[6]

Sam Alvey was expected to face Gadzhimurad Antigulov at the event. However on January 25, it was reported that Alvey was chosen as a replacement for another bout at UFC 234 and the bout was scrapped.^[7]

Ramazan Emeev was expected to face Michel Prazeres at this event. However on February 4, it was reported that Emeev pulled out of the bout citing injury.^[8] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Ismail Naurdiev.^[9]

At the weigh-ins, Carlos Diego Ferreira and Klidson Abreu missed the required weight for their respective fights. Ferreira weighed in at 157 pounds, 1 pound over the lightweight non-title fight limit of 156. Meanwhile, Abreu weighed in at 209 pounds, 3 pounds over the light heavyweight non-title fight limit of 206. Both bouts were held at catchweight. Ferreira and Abreu were fined 20% of their purses, which went to their opponents Rustam Khabilov and Magomed Ankalaev.^[10]

Results

Main Card (ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Thiago Santos	def.	Jan Błachowicz	TKO (punches)	3	0:39
Heavyweight	Stefan Struve	def.	Marcos Rogério de Lima	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	2	2:21
Light Heavyweight	Michał Oleksiejczuk	def.	Gian Villante	TKO (body punch)	1	1:34
Women's Flyweight	Liz Carmouche	def.	Lucie Pudilová	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	def.	John Dodson	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (209 lb)	Magomed Ankalaev	def.	Klidson Abreu	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (ESPN2)
Welterweight	Dwight Grant	def.	Carlo Pedersoli Jr.	TKO (punches)	1	4:59
Featherweight	Chris Fishgold	def.	Daniel Teymur	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:10	^[a]
Women's Flyweight	Gillian Robertson	def.	Veronica Macedo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:27
Lightweight	Damir Hadžović	def.	Polo Reyes	TKO (punches)	2	2:03
Welterweight	Ismail Naurdiev	def.	Michel Prazeres	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (157 lb)	Carlos Diego Ferreira	def.	Rustam Khabilov	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Damir Ismagulov	def.	Joel Álvarez	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00