''UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 202'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 60'' and ''UFC Vegas 49'') was a
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
event produced by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...
that took place on February 26, 2022 at the
UFC Apex
UFC Apex (stylised as UFC APEX) is a live events and production center in Enterprise, Nevada, operated and owned by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The facility was chosen in part due to its close proximity to the UFC Performance Instit ...
facility in
Enterprise, Nevada
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, part of the
Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
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, United States.
Background
A lightweight bout between
Islam Makhachev
Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev (russian: Исла́м Рамаза́нович Маха́чев; born 27 October 1991) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and former Sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in ...
and
Beneil Dariush
Beneil Khobier Dariush (born May 6, 1989) is an Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of October 24, 2022, he is #4 in the UFC lightw ...
was expected to serve as the event headliner. However on February 16, it was reported that Dariush withdrew from the event due to an ankle
injury and was replaced by
Bobby Green
Bobby Green (born September 9, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Green is the former King ...
on just 10 days notice at a catchweight of 160 pounds.
A lightweight bout between
Farès Ziam
Farès Ziam (born March 21, 1997) is a French mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Born into a Franco-Algerian family in 1997, he was a fan of mixed martial arts and Bra ...
and
Terrance McKinney
Terrance Kitarius McKinney (born September 15, 1994) is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2017, McKinney also compet ...
took place at the event.
[ ] The pair was previously booked for
UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate in last November, but it was scrapped a few hours before taking place due to one of McKinney's cornermen
testing positive for COVID-19.
A heavyweight bout between
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (born 17 March 1988) is a Surinamese mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He currently holds the record for second fast ...
and
Marcin Tybura
Marcin Tybura (born November 9, 1985) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Tybura previously fought fo ...
was scheduled for the event. However in mid-January, the bout was moved to
UFC 273
''UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 9, 2022, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
Backgroun ...
.
A women's bantamweight bout between
Wu Yanan and Josiane Nunes was scheduled for the event. However, Wu was pulled from the fight for undisclosed reasons and she was replaced by promotional newcomer Jennifer Gonzalez.
[ ] In turn, Gonzalez was released from UFC one week ahead of the event for undisclosed reasons (later revealed to be related to an
USADA
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incident).
She was replaced by promotional newcomer Ramona Pascual.
Makhmud Muradov
Makhmud Muradov (born 8 February 1990) is a Tajik-born Uzbek was expected to face
Misha Cirkunov
Mikhail Cirkunovs (born February 27, 1987), better known as Misha Cirkunov is a Latvian-Canadian, Latvian-born Canadian professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, who competed in the Light heavyweight (MMA), Light heavyweight division ...
in a middleweight bout at the event. However, Muradov pulled out in late January due to a hand injury and was replaced by
Wellington Turman
Wellington Turman (born July 22, 1996) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
Turman was born and grew up in Curitiba, Brazil. He ...
.
A light heavyweight bout between
Ryan Spann
Ryan Jamari Spann (born August 24, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2013, he has also fought for the Legacy Fight ...
and
Ion Cuțelaba
Ion Nicolae Cuțelaba (born 14 December 1993) is a Moldovan professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Born and raised in Chișinău, Cuțelaba began traini ...
was expected to take place at the event. However in early February, Spann was injured and the bout was rescheduled for
UFC Fight Night 209
''UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 209'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 67'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 3, 2022, at Accor Arena in Paris, Fra ...
.
Jonny Parsons and Michael Gillmore were expected to meet in a welterweight bout at the event. However, Parsons withdrew due to unknown reasons and was replaced by
Ramiz Brahimaj
Ramiz Shaban Brahimaj (born November 17, 1992) is an Albanian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Brahimaj started training seriously for MMA when he was 17 while he ...
.
A women's strawweight bout was scheduled to take place at the event between
Hannah Goldy
Hannah Eliza Goldschmidt (born May 18, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Goldy grew up in Vermont snowboarding, running track, and competing in cros ...
and former
Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Jinh Yu Frey
Jinh Hie Yu Frey (born May 20, 1985) is a Korean-American mixed martial artist and currently competes in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion
Background
Frey was ...
. However on February 23, Goldy withdrew due to illness and the bout was scrapped.
At the weigh-ins,
Rong Zhu
Rong Zhu ( ch: 茸主; born March 7, 2000) is a Chinese mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Of Tibetan descent, as early as the age of 12, Rong began to practice Sanda. ...
weighed in at 160 pounds, four pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at a catchweight and he was fined 40% of his purse, which went to his opponent
Ignacio Bahamondes
Ignacio Antonio Bahamondes (born August 27, 1997) is a Chilean mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the former Lux Lightweight Champion.
Background
Born and raised in Santiago ...
.
Results
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.
* Fight of the Night: Priscila Cachoeira vs. Ji Yeon Kim
* Performance of the Night: Wellington Turman and Arman Tsarukyan
See also
*
List of UFC events
*
List of current UFC fighters
*
2022 in UFC
References
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