| UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | 2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) | |||
| Venue | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | |||
| City | Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 8,652[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,026,937[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa (also known as UFC Fight Night 142) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on 2 December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment CentreinAdelaide, Australia.[2]
The event was the second that the promotion has contested in Adelaide, following UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt in May 2015.[2]
A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa served as the event headliner.[3]
The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom lightweight winner Ross Pearson was expected to face Joseph Duffy at the event. However, Pearson announced on 7 November that he was out of the bout due to a broken nose and subsequent surgery to correct the injury.[4] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Damir Ismagulov, but Duffy pulled out of citing a rib injury.[5] Ismagulov then faced fellow newcomer Alex Gorgees.[6]
Ashkan Mokhtarian was scheduled to face promotional newcomer Kai Kara-France at the event. However, on 20 November, Mokhtarian pulled out of the fight citing injury.[7] He was replaced by Elias Garcia.[8]
Luke Jumeau was scheduled to face Geoff Neal at the event.[9] However, it was reported on 9 November 2018 that Jumeau pulled from the card due to injury, resulting cancellation of the bout by the UFC official.[10]
| Main card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Tai Tuivasa | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:30 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Maurício Rua | def. | Tyson Pedro | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:43 | |
| Heavyweight | Justin Willis | def. | Mark Hunt | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Rocco Martin | def. | Jake Matthews | Technical Submission (anaconda choke) | 3 | 1:19 | |
| Featherweight | Sodiq Yusuff | def. | Suman Mokhtarian | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jimmy Crute | def. | Paul Craig | Submission (kimura) | 3 | 4:51 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Alexey Kunchenko | def. | Yushin Okami | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Wilson Reis | def. | Ben Nguyen | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Keita Nakamura | def. | Salim Touahri | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Kai Kara-France | def. | Elias Garcia | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Christos Giagos | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Damir Ismagulov | def. | Alex Gorgees | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[12]
