UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green (also known as UFC Fight Night 229, UFC on ESPN+ 87 and UFC Vegas 80) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 7, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 7, 2023 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A lightweight bout between Grant Dawson and Bobby Green headlined the event.[3]
A featherweight bout between Daniel Pineda and Khusein Askhabov was scheduled for this event.[4] However on September 11, Askhabov was arrested after being connected to a kidnap and torture crime in Thailand and the bout was cancelled.[5]
A women's flyweight bout between Montana De La Rosa and Stephanie Egger was expected to take place at the event.[6] However, Egger pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by JJ Aldrich.[7]
A bantamweight bout between Chris Gutiérrez and Montel Jackson was expected to take place at the event. However, Jackson withdrew for unknown reasons and Gutiérrez was instead scheduled to face Alateng Heili one week later at UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza.[8]
A light heavyweight between Ion Cuțelaba and Philipe Lins was expected to take place at the event.[9] However, the bout was cancelled the day of the event for unknown reasons.[10]
Results
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | Grant Dawson | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:33 | |
| Middleweight | Joe Pyfer | def. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:05 | |
| Welterweight | Joaquin Buckley | def. | Alex Morono | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Drew Dober | def. | Ricky Glenn | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| Featherweight | Bill Algeo | def. | Alexander Hernandez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | def. | Diana Belbiţă | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Nate Maness | def. | Mateus Mendonça | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:40 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | def. | Kanako Murata | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Aori Qileng | def. | Johnny Muñoz Jr. | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | def. | Montana De La Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[12]
- Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
- Performance of the Night: Bobby Green, Joe Pyfer, Drew Dober, and Nate Maness
