''UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 55'') was a

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event held at the

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on November 8, 2014.

Background

This event was the fourth event that the UFC hosted in Sydney and the sixth event to take place in Australia. The last time the UFC was in Sydney was for UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann on March 3, 2012. Ray Borg was expected to face

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at this event. However, Borg was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and was replaced by

Neil Seery Neil Seery (born 30 August 1979) is a retired Irish professional mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the flyweight division of the UFC. Beginning his career in 2005, Seery also competed for BAMMA, Cage Warriors, and RINGS. He w ...

. Subsequently, Seery pulled out of that bout as well and was replaced by

Louis Smolka Louis Smolka (born July 16, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2010, he has previously fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, California Xtreme Fighting, Kin ...

. Patrick Williams was expected to face

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at the event. However, Williams was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by

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. A scheduled featherweight bout between

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and

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was cancelled after both fighters suffered injuries.

Daniel Omielańczuk Daniel Omielańczuk (born August 31, 1982) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he has competed f ...

was expected to face

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at this event. However, Omielańczuk was forced to pull out of this event due to injury and was replaced by Walt Harris.

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 ...

was expected to face

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, though Saenz was forced to withdraw from the bout. Promotional newcomer Michael Imperato was briefly linked as a replacement. However, his signing was quickly rescinded and as a result, Sterling was pulled from the event altogether. The event holds the record of having the most finishes on a single modern UFC card with 11 finishes, for a rate of 1.000.

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would later tie this record on May 12, 2018, but at a finishing rate of 0.846.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: Robert Whittaker vs. Clint Hester *Performance of the Night: Luke Rockhold and Louis Smolka

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References