UFC 189

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Background

The event took place during the UFC's annual International Fight Week.[4]

The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion José Aldo and Conor McGregor.[3] On June 23, it was reported that Aldo suffered a rib fracture and pulled out of the bout in light of the injury.[5] A day later, the UFC received official medical confirmation from several doctors that Aldo did not suffer such injury. Following a review of the scans, it was determined that the champion suffered a bone bruise to his rib and cartilage injury during training. Aldo had expressed that he had every intention of fighting. Despite that, the UFC announced a contingency plan that would have Chad Mendes face McGregor for the interim championship in the event that Aldo could not compete.[6] On June 30, it was confirmed that Aldo indeed pulled out of the bout and that the interim championship bout would take place at this event. The bout remained the event headliner.[7] On July 1, photographs of Aldo's scans were released and indicated that he had indeed suffered a fractured rib.[8] On July 10, White claimed that Aldo did not have a broken rib as "every x-ray he sent out was of an old injury". He reaffirmed that Aldo had a "bruised rib and cartilage" and that the biggest problem was the weight cutting process being complicated by the injury.[9]

The co-main event featured a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Robbie Lawler and top contender Rory MacDonald.[10] Their first fight at UFC 167 ended in a split decision victory for Lawler.[11]

Matt Brown was briefly linked to a bout with Nate Diaz at the event.[12] However, in mid-April, Brown announced that the pairing had been scrapped.[13] Brown remained on the card against Tim Means.[14]

A welterweight bout between Jake Ellenberger and Stephen Thompson was initially expected to take place at this event. However, in mid-May, the bout was made the main event of The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale which took place a day later at the same venue.[15]

John Hathaway was expected to face Gunnar Nelson at the event. However, on June 23, Hathaway pulled out of the bout due to an injury. This prompted a shift in another welterweight bout on the card as Brandon Thatch was pulled from his fight against John Howard to face Nelson, while Cathal Pendred was announced as Howard's new opponent. Pendred had previously fought only 28 days before the event, when he defeated Augusto Montaño at UFC 188.[16]

Jeremy Stephens missed weight on his first attempt, coming in 3.5 lbs overweight at 149.5 lbs. After having made no attempts to cut further, he was fined 20 percent of his fight purse, which went to Dennis Bermudez.[17]

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes TKO (punches) 2 4:57 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Robbie Lawler (c) def. Rory MacDonald TKO (punches) 5 1:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Catchweight (149.5 lbs) Jeremy Stephens def. Dennis Bermudez TKO (flying knee and punches) 3 0:32
Welterweight Gunnar Nelson def. Brandon Thatch Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:54
Bantamweight Thomas Almeida def. Brad Pickett KO (flying knee) 2 0:29
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Matt Brown def. Tim Means Submission (guillotine choke) 1 4:44
Welterweight Alex Garcia def. Mike Swick Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Welterweight John Howard def. Cathal Pendred Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt def. Henry Briones Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight Louis Smolka def. Neil Seery Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Cody Pfister def. Yosdenis Cedeno Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00

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Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[19]

  • Fight of the Night: Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald
  • Performance of the Night: Conor McGregor and Thomas Almeida

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[20]

  • Conor McGregor: $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Chad Mendes: $500,000
  • Robbie Lawler: $300,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Rory MacDonald: $59,000
  • Jeremy Stephens: $72,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Dennis Bermudez: $34,000 ^
  • Gunnar Nelson: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Thatch: $22,000
  • Thomas Almeida: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Brad Pickett: $30,000
  • Matt Brown: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus) def. Tim Means: $23,000
  • Alex Garcia: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Mike Swick: $48,000
  • John Howard: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus) def. Cathal Pendred: $10,000
  • Cody Garbrandt: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Henry Briones: $10,000
  • Louis Smolka: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Neil Seery: $10,000
  • Cody Pfister: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Yosdenis Cedeno: $13,000

^ Jeremy Stephens was fined 20 percent of his purse ($8,000) for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Dennis Bermudez. That money was issued to Bermudez, an NSAC official confirmed.[20]

Records set

The event's weigh-ins took place before a record crowd estimated at 11,500.[17]

The event had a $7,200,000 gate, which broke the record for a mixed martial arts event in the United States. The final attendance for the event was 16,019, a record for Nevada, which had hosted 91 prior UFC events.[1]

Milestones

This was the first event to feature the UFC's Reebok fight kits, which were announced on December 2, 2014 and officially revealed on June 30, 2015.[21]

For the main event, the entrance music was performed live. Sinéad O'Connor sang "Foggy Dew" for McGregor and Aaron Lewis and his band played "Country Boy" for Mendes.[22]

See also

References

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