UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	2 December 2018
Venue	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
City	Adelaide, Australia
Attendance	8,652
Total gate	$1,026,937
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa (also known as UFC Fight Night 142) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on 2 December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia.^[2]

Background

The event was the second that the promotion has contested in Adelaide, following UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt in May 2015.^[2]

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa served as the event headliner.^[3]

The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom lightweight winner Ross Pearson was expected to face Joseph Duffy at the event. However, Pearson announced on 7 November that he was out of the bout due to a broken nose and subsequent surgery to correct the injury.^[4] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Damir Ismagulov, but Duffy pulled out of citing a rib injury.^[5] Ismagulov then faced fellow newcomer Alex Gorgees.^[6]

Ashkan Mokhtarian was scheduled to face promotional newcomer Kai Kara-France at the event. However, on 20 November, Mokhtarian pulled out of the fight citing injury.^[7] He was replaced by Elias Garcia.^[8]

Luke Jumeau was scheduled to face Geoff Neal at the event.^[9] However, it was reported on 9 November 2018 that Jumeau pulled from the card due to injury, resulting cancellation of the bout by the UFC official.^[10]

Results

Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	def.	Tai Tuivasa	TKO (punches)	2	2:30
Light Heavyweight	Maurício Rua	def.	Tyson Pedro	TKO (punches)	3	0:43
Heavyweight	Justin Willis	def.	Mark Hunt	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Anthony Rocco Martin	def.	Jake Matthews	Technical Submission (anaconda choke)	3	1:19
Featherweight	Sodiq Yusuff	def.	Suman Mokhtarian	TKO (punches)	1	2:14
Light Heavyweight	Jimmy Crute	def.	Paul Craig	Submission (kimura)	3	4:51
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight	Alexey Kunchenko	def.	Yushin Okami	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Wilson Reis	def.	Ben Nguyen	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Keita Nakamura	def.	Salim Touahri	Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Kai Kara-France	def.	Elias Garcia	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26)	3	5:00
Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight	Christos Giagos	def.	Mizuto Hirota	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Damir Ismagulov	def.	Alex Gorgees	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–26, 30–26)	3	5:00