''UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 36'') was a

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event held on February 15, 2014, at the

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. The event was broadcast live on

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Background

The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between former world champions

Lyoto Machida (born 30 May 1978), is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and karateka, who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light ...

and

Gegard Mousasi Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985), is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently competing in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. As of December 13, 2022, he is #10 in the Bellator me ...

. Returning veteran Nate Loughran was expected to face

Erick Silva Erick Vinicius Silva (born June 21, 1984) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division. A professional from 2005 till 2019, he competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator MMA, and Jungle Fight, ...

at the event. However, Loughran was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer

Takenori Sato is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and current Welterweight King Of Pancrase. He is the twin brother of professional wrestler Takeshi "Go" Sato. Mixed martial arts career Japan Sato has been a follower of Kazushi Sakuraba. Sato ...

Zubaira Tukhugov Zubaira Alikhanovich Tukhugov (born January 15, 1991) is a Russian mixed martial artist who fights in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Tukhugov made a name for himsel ...

was expected to face

Thiago Tavares Thiago de Mello Tavares (born November 8, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and politician who most recently competed in the Lightweight division. An 18-fight veteran of the UFC, he has also fought in the Professional Fighters League and ...

at this event. However, Tavares was forced to pull out due to an undisclosed injury, and was replaced by UFC newcomer

Douglas Silva de Andrade Douglas Silva de Andrade (born June 22, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Silva de Andrade grew up in Castanhal, Brazil. He has an o ...

. This event was the first one to feature the new post-fight bonus structure. ''Fight of the Night'' bonuses remained, while the ''Submission of the Night'' and ''Knockout of the Night'' were both replaced by two ''Performance of the Night'' bonuses. They were awarded to fighters who display "the two best individual performances on the card," according to a statement released by the UFC.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: * Fight of the Night: Lyoto Machida vs. Gegard Mousasi * Performance of the Night: Erick Silva and Charles Oliveira

Records set

The event equaled the record of most decisions on a UFC card set at

UFC 169 ''UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber 2'' was a mixed martial arts event held on February 1, 2014, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event was released on DVD on May 6, 2014. The DVD was distributed by the label ''Anchor Bay Entertainment ...

, with ten decisions. The event also had a total fight time of 2:53:32, setting a new record for the longest event in UFC history, beating the previous record of 2:51:14, also set at UFC 169. The record was later broken by UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura which had fight time of 3 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds.

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Records set

See also

References