UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 21, 2018
Venue	Boardwalk Hall
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance	9,541
Total gate	$923,720
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee (also known as UFC Fight Night 128) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 21, 2018, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[2]

Background

The event marked the promotion's ninth visit to Atlantic City, the first since July 2014. The promotion last contested an event at Boardwalk Hall in June 2005.^[2]

A lightweight bout between Edson Barboza and former interim UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Kevin Lee served as the event headliner.^[3]

A light heavyweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins was originally scheduled for UFC 217. However, Cummins pulled out due to a staph infection.^[4] The bout took place at this event.^[5]

Paulo Costa was expected to face Uriah Hall at the event. However, Costa pulled out of the fight in mid-March with an arm injury.^[6] In turn, promotion officials elected to pull Hall from the event and reschedule the pairing for a future event.^[7]

Augusto Mendes was pulled from a bout against Merab Dvalishvili due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018.^[8] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Simón.^[9]

Former WSOF Flyweight Champion Magomed Bibulatov was expected to face Ulka Sasaki, but he pulled out a day before the event, citing back injury and the bout was cancelled.^[10]

At the weigh-ins, Lee weighed in at 157 pounds, one pound over the lightweight non-title fight upper limit of 156 pounds. As a result, the bout proceeded at catchweight and Lee was fined 20% of his purse which will go to his opponent Barboza.^[11] Aspen Ladd weighed in at 137.8 pounds, 1.8 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight upper limit of 136 pounds. Ladd supposedly offered Leslie Smith an additional $5,000 on top of her 20% purse deduction. However, the fight was removed from the card after Smith refused to fight at catchweight.^[12] Subsequently, the UFC paid Smith her show and win money but then released her from the promotion.^[13]

Results

Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight (157 lb)	Kevin Lee	def.	Edson Barboza	TKO (doctor stoppage)	5	2:18
Featherweight	Frankie Edgar	def.	Cub Swanson	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Justin Willis	def.	Chase Sherman	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	David Branch	def.	Thiago Santos	KO (punches)	1	2:30
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	def.	Brett Johns	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Dan Hooker	def.	Jim Miller	KO (knee)	1	3:00
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight	Ryan LaFlare	def.	Alex Garcia	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Ricky Simón	def.	Merab Dvalishvili	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Siyar Bahadurzada	def.	Luan Chagas	KO (kick to the body and punch)	2	2:40
Light Heavyweight	Corey Anderson	def.	Patrick Cummins	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight	Anthony Rocco Martin	def.	Keita Nakamura	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00