UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | March 8, 2014 | |||
Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
City | London, England | |||
Attendance | 14,604[1] | |||
Total gate | $2,000,056[1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa (also known as UFC Fight Night 37[2]) was a mixed martial arts event held on March 8, 2014, at The O2 Arena in London, England.[3] The event was shown live in the UK on Channel 5 and BT Sport and in the United States on UFC Fight Pass.
A bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Jimi Manuwa headlined the event.[3]
UFC President Dana White initially announced that a bout between Gustafsson and Antônio Rogério Nogueira would be headlining the event.[4] However, just 5 days after the fight was announced news came that Nogueira had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury.[5][6] Later, reports came that said that Nogueira had never agreed to take the fight against Gustafsson at all.[7]
Ross Pearson was expected to face Melvin Guillard in a rematch at the event. However, Pearson pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Michael Johnson.[8]
Brad Pickett was expected to make his Flyweight debut against Ian McCall on this card.[9] However, on February 13, it was announced that McCall had pulled out of the bout and was replaced by promotional newcomer Neil Seery.[10]
A bout between Roland Delorme and Davey Grant was cancelled after the weigh ins the day before the event due to Grant suffering a torn meniscus.[11][12]
Fight card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Alexander Gustafsson | def. | Jimi Manuwa | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 1:18 | |
Lightweight | Michael Johnson | def. | Melvin Guillard | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Brad Pickett | def. | Neil Seery | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Gunnar Nelson | def. | Omari Akhmedov | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:36 | |
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Ilir Latifi | def. | Cyrille Diabaté | Submission (ninja choke)[13] | 1 | 3:02 | |
Middleweight | Luke Barnatt | def. | Mats Nilsson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:24 | |
Middleweight | Cláudio Silva | def. | Brad Scott | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Igor Araújo | def. | Danny Mitchell | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Louis Gaudinot | vs. | Phil Harris | No Contest (overturned) | 1 | 1:13 | [a] |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[16]