UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 23, 2014
Venue	Ginásio Nélio Dias
City	Natal, Brazil
Attendance	6,828
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 38) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 23, 2014, at the Ginásio Nélio Dias in Natal, Brazil.^[2]

Background

The event was headlined by the anticipated rematch between mixed martial arts legends Maurício Rua and Dan Henderson.^[2] Henderson won their first encounter back in November 2011 at UFC 139 via unanimous decision in a bout lauded by many MMA pundits as the Fight of the Year for 2011 and one of the best bouts in the history of the UFC.^[3]^[4]

The co-main event featured a long-planned bout between Cezar Ferreira and C. B. Dollaway. The two were originally scheduled to meet on May 18, 2013 at UFC on FX 8.^[5] However, both Dollaway^[6] and Ferreira^[7] had been forced from the bout due to injury.

Gleison Tibau was expected to face Mairbek Taisumov at the event. However, Tibau pulled out of the bout citing injury and was replaced by Michel Prazeres.^[8]

Diego Brandao was expected to face Will Chope at the event and both men weighed in successfully on March 22 for the fight. However, after the weigh ins, the bout was cancelled when documents were released that showed Chope assaulted and threatened his ex-wife, which led to jail time and a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force.^[9]

At the weigh-ins, Ronny Markes weighed in at 190 pounds, 4 pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 20% of his purse, which went to his opponent Thiago Santos.^[10]

The card saw an average of 936,000 viewers with a peak of 1.25 million during the main event.^[11]

Results

Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Dan Henderson	def.	Maurício Rua	TKO (punches)	3	1:31
Middleweight	C. B. Dollaway	def.	Cezar Ferreira	TKO (punches)	1	0:39
Lightweight	Leonardo Santos	vs.	Norman Parke	Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28)	3	5:00	^[a]
Light Heavyweight	Fábio Maldonado	def.	Gian Villante	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Michel Prazeres	def.	Mairbek Taisumov	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–25)	3	5:00	^[b]
Featherweight	Rony Jason	def.	Steven Siler	TKO (punches)	1	1:17
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Catchweight (190 lb)	Thiago Santos	def.	Ronny Markes	TKO (body kick and punches)	1	0:53
Flyweight	Jussier Formiga	def.	Scott Jorgensen	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:07
Welterweight	Kenny Robertson	def.	Thiago Perpétuo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:45
Light Heavyweight	Hans Stringer	def.	Francimar Barroso	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight	Godofredo Pepey	def.	Noad Lahat	KO (flying knee)	1	2:39

^ Parke was docked 1 point for grabbing Santos' shorts in round 2.
^ Taisumov was docked 2 points: one for an illegal head kick in round 1 and another for grabbing the cage in round 2.

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