''UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 200'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 58'' and ''UFC Vegas 47'') was a

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(MMA) event produced by the

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that took place on February 5, 2022 at the

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facility in

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, part of the

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, United States.

Background

A middleweight bout between

Jack Hermansson Jack Berndhard Hermansson (born 10 June 1988) is a Swedish and Norwegian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is the former middleweight champion i ...

and

Sean Strickland Sean Thomas Strickland (born February 27, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, he is the former King of ...

served as the event headliner. A light heavyweight bout between

Danilo Marques Danilo Marques (born December 26, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He most notably competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Marques started doing taekwondo for fun when h ...

and

Jailton Almeida Jailton Jesus Almeida Junior (born June 28, 1991) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of January 24, 2023, he is #14 in the UFC heavyweight ...

was scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez. However, the bout was rescheduled due to Marques getting injured and it is now expected to take place at this event. A flyweight bout between Malcolm Gordon and Denys Bondar was scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate. However, Gordon withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons and the pairing was rescheduled for this date.

Ian Heinisch Ian Edward Heinisch (born August 5, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for the World Series of Fightin ...

was expected to face

Sam Alvey Samuel William Alvey (born May 6, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Alvey has also formerly com ...

in a middleweight bout. Heinisch pulled out due to undisclosed reasons in late December and was replaced by

Phil Hawes Phillip Nicholas Fitzgerald Hawes (born January 8, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Hawes started out as a standout wrestler, winning a national ...

. In turn, Hawes withdrew from the bout during fight week due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by

Brendan Allen Brendan Allen (born December 28, 1995) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for the Legacy Fighting Alliance w ...

, with the bout being moved up to light heavyweight. At the weigh-ins,

Steven Peterson Steven Timothy Peterson (born May 29, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist. Peterson currently competes in the Featherweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2010, Peterson ha ...

weighed in at 149 pounds, 3 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at a catchweight and he was fined 30% of his purse, which went to his opponent

Julian Erosa Julian Ricardo Dulican Erosa (born July 31, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Erosa is also a former CageSport Featherweight and Lightweight Champ ...

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. * Fight of the Night: Julian Erosa vs. Steven Peterson * Performance of the Night: Shavkat Rakhmonov and Chidi Njokuani :

Aftermath

On April 19, it was reported that

Miles Johns Miles Xavier Johns (born March 30, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also formerly competed for Legacy Fighting ...

tested positive for

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in a urine test collected at the day of the event. As a result, he was received a six-month suspension, along with a $3,450 fine, which amounts to 15 percent of his fight purse.

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Aftermath

See also

References