UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 8, 2014
Venue	The O2 Arena
City	London, England
Attendance	14,604
Total gate	$2,000,056
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa (also known as UFC Fight Night 37^[2]) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 8, 2014, at The O2 Arena in London, England.^[3] The event was shown live in the UK on Channel 5 and BT Sport and in the United States on UFC Fight Pass.

Background

A bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Jimi Manuwa headlined the event.^[3]

UFC President Dana White initially announced that a bout between Gustafsson and Antônio Rogério Nogueira would be headlining the event.^[4] However, just 5 days after the fight was announced news came that Nogueira had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury.^[5]^[6] Later, reports came that said that Nogueira had never agreed to take the fight against Gustafsson at all.^[7]

Ross Pearson was expected to face Melvin Guillard in a rematch at the event. However, Pearson pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Michael Johnson.^[8]

Brad Pickett was expected to make his Flyweight debut against Ian McCall on this card.^[9] However, on February 13, it was announced that McCall had pulled out of the bout and was replaced by promotional newcomer Neil Seery.^[10]

A bout between Roland Delorme and Davey Grant was cancelled after the weigh ins the day before the event due to Grant suffering a torn meniscus.^[11]^[12]

Results

Fight card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Alexander Gustafsson	def.	Jimi Manuwa	TKO (knee and punches)	2	1:18
Lightweight	Michael Johnson	def.	Melvin Guillard	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Brad Pickett	def.	Neil Seery	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Gunnar Nelson	def.	Omari Akhmedov	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:36
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight	Ilir Latifi	def.	Cyrille Diabaté	Submission (ninja choke)^[13]	1	3:02
Middleweight	Luke Barnatt	def.	Mats Nilsson	TKO (head kick and punches)	1	4:24
Middleweight	Cláudio Silva	def.	Brad Scott	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Igor Araújo	def.	Danny Mitchell	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Louis Gaudinot	vs.	Phil Harris	No Contest (overturned)	1	1:13	^[a]

^ Originally a submission (guillotine choke) victory for Gaudinot , the result was changed to "No Contest" after Gaudinot tested positive for a banned diuretic during a post fight screening.^[14]

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