''UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 151'' or ''UFC on ESPN+ 9'') was a

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event produced by the

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held on May 4, 2019 at the

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Background

The event was the promotion's second visit to Ottawa, following UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson which took place in June 2016 at

TD Place Arena TD Place Arena, originally the Ottawa Civic Centre, is an indoor arena located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Opened in December 1967, it is used primarily for sports, including curling, figure skating, ice hockey, and lacrosse. The arena has hos ...

. A lightweight bout between Al Iaquinta and former

UFC Lightweight Championship Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships. Historical notes At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight class ...

challenger

Donald Cerrone Donald Anthony Cerrone (born March 29, 1983), known professionally by his nickname "Cowboy", is an American former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and actor. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions of the Ultima ...

served as the event headliner. A heavyweight bout between Walt Harris and Aleksei Oleinik was originally scheduled to take place at this event. However on April 3, it was announced that Oleinik would be replacing former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov against the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion

Alistair Overeem Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch former professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and was the first fight ...

in the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 7. He was replaced by Sergey Spivak. Leah Letson was expected to face

Sarah Moras Sarah Ashley Moras (born 30 April 1988) is a Canadians, Canadian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight division. Moras fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and she was a contes ...

at the event. However, Letson was removed from the fight in early April for an unspecified medical issue and was replaced by

Macy Chiasson Macy Chiasson (born July 27, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist. She was the Women's Featherweight winner of '' The Ultimate Fighter 28'' and currently competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF ...

. Brian Kelleher was expected to face

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at the event. However, Kelleher pulled out of the fight on April 10 citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Cole Smith. A welterweight bout between

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and Nordine Taleb was scheduled to take place at the event. However on April 24, it was reported that Bahadurzada pulled out of the bout citing injury and was replaced by newcomer Kyle Prepolec.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses: *Fight of the Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Al Iaquinta *Performance of the Night: Walt Harris and Macy Chiasson

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References