''UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 63'') was a

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event held on April 4, 2015, at the

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Background

The event was the third that the organization hosted at the venue and the first since 2012. The preliminary portion of the card began at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT, with the main card starting at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT, a rare time slot for

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events held in

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. The event was headlined by a

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bout between former title challengers

Chad Mendes Chad Edward Mendes (born May 1, 1985)Archived
from the ...

and

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Jorge Masvidal Jorge Masvidal (born November 12, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Masvidal has been competing professionally since 2003; he ...

was briefly linked to a bout with

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 ...

at the event. However, shortly after the bout was announced by the

, Green pulled out of the bout citing a leg injury, and was replaced by former WEC &

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Subsequently, Henderson was removed from the bout with Masvidal as he was tabbed as a replacement for Stephen Thompson to face

Brandon Thatch Brandon Michael Mathew Thatch (born July 11, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Thatch was adopted at age five by his m ...

in the event headliner on February 14, 2015, at

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. On February 2, Al Iaquinta was announced as Masvidal's new opponent.

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was expected to face

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at this event. However, Hester pulled out of the fight in early March due to a foot injury. Subsequently, Barnett was pulled from the card entirely in favor of a matchup with

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in May at

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Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: None awarded *Performance of the Night: Chad Mendes, Julianna Peña, Dustin Poirier, and Timothy Johnson

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Virginia Boxing, MMA and Wrestling Advisory Board. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. *Chad Mendes: $96,000 ($48,000 win bonus) def. Ricardo Lamas: $35,000 *Al Iaquinta: $46,000 ($23,000 win bonus) def. Jorge Masvidal: $51,000 *Michael Chiesa: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus) def. Mitch Clarke: $12,000 *Julianna Peña: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Milana Dudieva: $10,000 *Clay Guida: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Robbie Peralta: $18,000 *Dustin Poirier: $68,000 ($34,000 win bonus) def. Carlos Diego Ferreira: $15,000 *Liz Carmouche: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Lauren Murphy: $8,000 *Alexander Yakovlev: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Gray Maynard: $48,000 *Timothy Johnson: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Shamil Abdurahimov: $12,000 *Ron Stallings: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Justin Jones: $8,000

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Reported payout

See also

References