mixed martial arts
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event held on February 1, 2014, at the
Prudential Center
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in
Newark, New Jersey
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The event was released on DVD on May 6, 2014. The DVD was distributed by the label ''
Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Jon Jones
Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which he has competed in the light heavyweight division. He is a former two-time UFC L ...
and #1 contender
Glover Teixeira
Glover Lucas Teixeira (; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champi ...
was briefly linked as the event headliner. However, just days after the announcement,
Dana White
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indicated that "the timing didn't work out" for the pairing and that fight would take place at a later event.
The event was expected to be headlined by the long awaited return of the Bantamweight Champion
Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz (born March 9, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion. Cruz ha ...
. However, on January 6, UFC President Dana White announced that Cruz had torn his groin in training and pulled from the fight. Cruz had also vacated his title, making
Renan Barão
Renan Mota do Nascimento Pegado (born 31 January 1987), better known as Renan Barão, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the former UFC Bantamweight Champion. He held one of the longest unbeaten streaks in MMA history - follo ...
the undisputed bantamweight champion. Stepping up to replace Cruz was
Urijah Faber
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, in a rematch of their interim title bout at
UFC 149
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.
Co-featured on the card was
UFC Featherweight Champion
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Historical notes
At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classe ...
José Aldo
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, who defended his title against top contender
Ricardo Lamas
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Background
Lamas' father is Cuban and his mother is Mexican. The flag ...
.
A heavyweight bout between
Frank Mir
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and
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch professional heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Cha ...
, scheduled to take place at
UFC 167
''UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks'' was a mixed martial arts event held on November 16, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Background
The event commemorated the organization's 20th anniversary. The main event was a ...
, was moved to this event.
Bobby Green
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was expected to face Abel Trujillo at this event. However, Green pulled out of the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former WEC lightweight champion
Jamie Varner
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.
Chris Cariaso
Chris Vincent Cariaso (born May 27, 1981) is a retired Filipino-American mixed martial artist who competed as a Flyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Personal
Cariaso is of Filipino descent.
Mixed martial arts career
Since turning p ...
was expected to face
Kyoji Horiguchi
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at the event. However, Horiguchi pulled out of the bout citing injury. He was replaced by WEC veteran
Danny Martinez
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.
Results
Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded fight night bonuses:
* Fight of The Night: Jamie Varner vs. Abel Trujillo ($75,000 each)
* Knockout of The Night: Abel Trujillo ($50,000)
* Submission of the Night: None awarded as no matches ended by submission
UFC 161
''UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson'' was a mixed martial arts event held on June 15, 2013, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Background
While the UFC has hosted several events in the past in Canada, the event was the first that the or ...
.
UFC 263
''UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 12, 2021, at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, United States.
Background
The event was the second ...
currently holds the record for most decisions in a UFC event at 11.
This event broke the record for the longest fight time with 2:51:14, later broken by UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi with 2:53:32.