UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje

UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
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Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 14, 2018
Venue	Gila River Arena
City	Glendale, Arizona
Attendance	11,382
Total gate	$1,085,712.25
Event chronology

UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje (also known as UFC on FOX 29) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 14, 2018, at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.^[2]

Background

After previously contesting two events at the nearby Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, the event was the first that the promotion held in Glendale. Zuffa had previously hosted the final World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 53 at the arena in December 2010.^[2]

The event was headlined by a lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje.^[3]

A lightweight bout between Gilbert Burns and Lando Vannata was linked to the event. However, the pairing never materialized as Vannata was unable to accept the fight for this date as he was still rehabilitating a recent arm injury.^[4]

Abdul Razak Alhassan was scheduled to face Muslim Salikhov at the event. However, Alhassan was removed from the event, citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Rainey.^[5]

A welterweight bout between former WEC Welterweight Champion and interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and Matt Brown was supposed to take place as the co-headliner. However, on April 2, Brown pulled out of the fight due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament and was replaced by Alex Oliveira.^[6]^[7]

Results

Main Card (Fox)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Dustin Poirier	def.	Justin Gaethje	TKO (punches)	4	0:33	^[a]
Welterweight	Alex Oliveira	def.	Carlos Condit	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	3:17
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	def.	Marvin Vettori	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Michelle Waterson	def.	Cortney Casey	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Fox)
Middleweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	def.	Tim Boetsch	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:28
Welterweight	Muslim Salikhov	def.	Ricky Rainey	KO (punches)	2	4:12
Flyweight	John Moraga	def.	Wilson Reis	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	def.	Krzysztof Jotko	TKO (punches)	3	2:16
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight	Gilbert Burns	def.	Dan Moret	KO (punches)	2	0:59
Women's Flyweight	Lauren Mueller	def.	Shana Dobson	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Yushin Okami	def.	Dhiego Lima	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Adam Wieczorek	def.	Arjan Bhullar	Submission (omoplata)	2	1:59
Bantamweight	Alejandro Pérez	def.	Matthew Lopez	TKO (knees and punches)	2	3:42
Bantamweight	Luke Sanders	def.	Patrick Williams	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00

^ Gaethje was deducted one point in round 3 due to a repeated eye poke.^[8]

^[9]

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:^[10]

Fight of the Night: Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje
Performance of the Night: Alex Oliveira and Adam Wieczorek

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,481,000.^[11]

Dustin Poirier: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus) def. Justin Gaethje: $110,000
Alex Oliveira: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Carlos Condit: $115,000
Israel Adesanya: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus) def. Marvin Vettori: $20,000
Michelle Waterson: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Cortney Casey: $33,000
Antônio Carlos Júnior: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Tim Boetsch: $72,000
Muslim Salikhov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Rickey Rainey: $12,000
John Moraga: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus) def. Wilson Reis: $31,000
Brad Tavares: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Krzysztof Jotko : $36,000
Gilbert Burns: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Dan Moret: $12,000
Lauren Mueller: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Shana Dobson: $12,000
Yushin Okami: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Dhiego Lima: $15,000
Adam Wieczorek: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Arjan Bhullar: $12,000
Alejandro Pérez: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Matthew Lopez: $33,000
Luke Sanders: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Williams: $12,000