''UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann'' was a
mixed martial arts
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held on February 22, 2014, at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center
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in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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.
The event was released on DVD on May 27, 2014. The DVD was distributed by ''
Anchor Bay Entertainment
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''.
Background
A bout between women's bantamweight champion and former Olympian
Ronda Rousey
Ronda Jean Rousey (; born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current SmackDown Women ...
and former Olympian
Sara McMann
Sara McMann (born September 24, 1980) is an American female mixed martial artist who competed in the bantamweight division. McMann is a former Olympic wrestler and received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and was a ...
headlined the event.
A bout between
Gilbert Melendez
Gilbert Melendez (born April 12, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a two-time Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and a former WEC Lightwe ...
and
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov av, ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division of the Ultima ...
was briefly linked to this event. The fight was later cancelled.
Lucas Martins
Lucas Martins (born 11 November 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division of Brave Combat Federation, where he is a former interim lightweight champion. A professional mixed martial artist since 2011, Ma ...
was expected to face
Bryan Caraway
Bryan Caraway (born August 4, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in Battlefield Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Caraway has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, and the WEC. He wa ...
at this event. However, Caraway pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer
Aljamain Sterling
Aljamain Antoine Sterlinghttp://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2014_Results/02-22-14MMA.pdf (born July 31, 1989) is a Jamaican-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ul ...
.
Martins ended up also getting injured and was replaced by UFC newcomer
Cody Gibson
Cody Michael Gibson (born September 11, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and last competed in Eagle FC.
Background
Born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, in ...
.
Francisco Rivera was expected to face
Raphael Assunção
Raphael Oliveira Assunção (born 19 July 1982) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Born in Recife in Northeast Brazil, Assunção moved to Unite ...
on this card. However, Rivera injured his hand and was forced out of the bout. He was replaced by UFC newcomer
Pedro Munhoz
Pedro Munhozhttp://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2014_Results/02-22-14MMA.pdf (born September 7, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Champion ...
.
A bout between
Rafael dos Anjos
Rafael Souza dos Anjos (; born October 26, 1984) is a Brazilian American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC Light ...
and
Rustam Khabilov
Rustam Khabilov (born 4 November 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA. He is a Combat Sambo World Champion and a former member of the Legion Sport Club fight team in Rostov-on- ...
was expected to take place on this card. However, the fight was cancelled due to injury.
A bout between
Rashad Evans
Rashad Anton Evans (born September 25, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist. Evans started his professional career in 2003, he was the Heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 and is also a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and a 2 ...
and
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Ryan Cormier (; born March 20, 1979) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and current commentator for the UFC. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Ch ...
was expected to take place on this card. However, the fight was removed from this card due to Evans suffering a knee injury during training. He was replaced by undefeated newcomer and
Strikeforce
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veteran
Patrick Cummins.
Results
Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:
* Fight of the Night: Rory MacDonald vs. Demian Maia
* Performance of the Night: Ronda Rousey and Stephen Thompson
Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the
Nevada State Athletic Commission
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. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.
* Ronda Rousey: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Sara McMann: $16,000
* Daniel Cormier: $160,000 (includes $80,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Cummins: $8,000
* Rory MacDonald: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Demian Maia: $64,000
* Mike Pyle: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Waldburger: $18,000
* Stephen Thompson: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Robert Whittaker: $15,000
* Alexis Davis: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Jessica Eye: $8,000
* Raphael Assunção: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Pedro Muhnoz: $8,000
* Aljamain Sterling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Cody Gibson: $8,000
* Zach Makovsky: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Josh Sampo: $10,000
* Erik Koch: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Rafaello Oliveira: $14,000
* Ernest Chavez: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Yosdenis Cedeno: $8,000
See also
*
List of UFC events
*
2014 in UFC
References
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2014 in sports in Nevada