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event held on May 10, 2014, at the U.S. Bank Arena in

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Background

The event was the second time that the organization has held an event in Cincinnati, after UFC 77 back in 2007.

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and

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were originally scheduled to face each other in a welterweight bout. However, on April 9, Yakovlev was moved to

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card as he replaced an injured

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against

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. Cabral instead faced

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at the event.

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was expected to face

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at the event. However, Macario was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons and replaced by returning veteran

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. Anthony Lapsley initially weighed in at 174 pounds, over the welterweight limit allowance of 171 pounds. Lapsley was given an additional two hours to lose the weight. He successfully weighed in at 171 pounds two hours later. This card featured the second most victories by fighters considered betting underdogs with eight, second only to

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that featured eight underdog wins.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva * Performance of the Night: Matt Brown and Johnny Eduardo

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Ohio Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. * Matt Brown: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus) def. Erick Silva: $22,000 * Costas Philippou: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Lorenz Larkin: $28,000 * Daron Cruickshank: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Erik Koch: $18,000 * Neil Magny: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Tim Means: $10,000 * Soa Palelei: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Ruan Potts: $10,000 * Chris Cariaso: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus) def. Louis Smolka: $10,000 * Ed Herman: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Rafael Natal: $26,000 * Kyoji Horoguchi: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Darrel Montague: $8,000 * Zak Cummings: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Yan Cabral: $10,000 * Johnny Eduardo: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Eddie Wineland: $21,000 * Nik Lentz: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Manvel Gamburyan: $25,000 * Justin Salas: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Ben Wall: $8,000 * Albert Tumenov: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Lapsley: $8,000

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Reported payout

See also

References