UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot

UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 25, 2022
Venue	UFC Apex
City	Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Attendance	Not announced
Event chronology

UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot (also known as UFC on ESPN 38 and UFC Vegas 57) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 25, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.^[2]

Background

A lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and former KSW Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Mateusz Gamrot headlined the event.^[3]

A flyweight bout between Tagir Ulanbekov and Tyson Nam was expected to take place at the event, despite never being officially announced.^[4] They were originally expected to meet a year earlier at UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige, but the matchup did not take place due to an undisclosed illness for Ulanbekov.

Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner) Tim Elliott was expected to face Amir Albazi in a flyweight bout.^[5] However, Elliott pulled out in mid June due to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus injuries.^[6]^[7] Albazi was rescheduled against Francisco Figueiredo at UFC 278.^[8]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Mateusz Gamrot	def.	Arman Tsarukyan	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00
Welterweight	Shavkat Rakhmonov	def.	Neil Magny	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	4:58
Heavyweight	Josh Parisian	def.	Alan Baudot	TKO (punches)	2	3:04
Lightweight	Thiago Moisés	def.	Christos Giagos	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:05
Bantamweight	Umar Nurmagomedov	def.	Nate Maness	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–25)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Chris Curtis	def.	Rodolfo Vieira	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight	Carlos Ulberg	def.	Tafon Nchukwi	TKO (punches)	1	1:15
Featherweight	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	def.	T.J. Brown	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Sergey Morozov	def.	Raulian Paiva	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Cody Durden	def.	JP Buys	TKO (punches)	1	1:08
Bantamweight	Mario Bautista	def.	Brian Kelleher	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:27
Women's Strawweight	Vanessa Demopoulos	def.	Jinh Yu Frey	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00