''UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 73'') was a

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event held on August 8, 2015, at

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Background

The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former title challenger

Glover Teixeira Glover Lucas Teixeira (; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champi ...

and Tennessee resident

Ovince Saint Preux Ovince Saint Preux (born April 8, 1983) is a Haitian-American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 2008, Saint Preux has also formerly competed for Strikef ...

Matt Van Buren Matt Van Buren (born June 12, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the light heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Van Buren has also fought for Bellator and was a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 19. ...

was briefly linked to a bout with promotional newcomer Jonathan Wilson at the event. However, Van Buren was removed from the card in early June citing injury and was replaced by

Jared Cannonier Jared Cannonier (born March 16, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently fights in the Middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of November 15, 2022, he is #3 in the UFC middleweight ran ...

. In turn, Cannonier was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Chris Dempsey.

Joe Riggs Joseph Jonathan Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American professional bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2001, Riggs formerly c ...

was expected to face Uriah Hall at this event. However, Riggs was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer

Oluwale Bamgbose Oluwale Bamgbose (born August 4, 1987) is a Nigerian- American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Education Oluwale was raised by traditional parents who were very ...

. Ian McCall was expected to face

Dustin Ortiz Dustin Ortiz (born December 25, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division and is currently signed to the Brave CF. A professional competitor since 2010, Ortiz has also formerly competed for the UFC, RFA, ...

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

Willie Gates Willie Gates (born January 21, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division. A professional competitor since 2008, he has competed for the UFC, King of the Cage, Tachi Palace Fights, and Bellator MMA. ...

. Gates had previously fought only 27 days before the event, when he defeated

Darrell Montague Darrell Montague (born November 3, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Montague, originally from Chino, California, grew up around the sport ...

at The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale. Ray Borg missed weight on his first attempt at the weigh-ins, coming in at 126.75 lb. After having made no attempts to cut further, he was fined 20 percent of his fight purse, which went to his opponent

Geane Herrera Geane Carlos Herrera (; born May 27, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the Flyweight division. He is probably best known for his stint in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Herrera was born in Duarte, Calif ...

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: Glover Teixeira vs. Ovince Saint Preux *Performance of the Night: Amanda Nunes and Marlon Vera

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References