| UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 14, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Gila River Arena | |||
| City | Glendale, Arizona | |||
| Attendance | 11,382[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,085,712.25[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje (also known as UFC on FOX 29) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 14, 2018, at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.[2]
After previously contesting two events at the nearby Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, the event was the first that the promotion held in Glendale. Zuffa had previously hosted the final World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 53 at the arena in December 2010.[2]
The event was headlined by a lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje.[3]
A lightweight bout between Gilbert Burns and Lando Vannata was linked to the event. However, the pairing never materialized as Vannata was unable to accept the fight for this date as he was still rehabilitating a recent arm injury.[4]
Abdul Razak Alhassan was scheduled to face Muslim Salikhov at the event. However, Alhassan was removed from the event, citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Rainey.[5]
A welterweight bout between former WEC Welterweight Champion and interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and Matt Brown was supposed to take place as the co-headliner. However, on April 2, Brown pulled out of the fight due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament and was replaced by Alex Oliveira.[6][7]
| Main Card (Fox) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Dustin Poirier | def. | Justin Gaethje | TKO (punches) | 4 | 0:33 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Alex Oliveira | def. | Carlos Condit | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 3:17 | |
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya | def. | Marvin Vettori | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Michelle Waterson | def. | Cortney Casey | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | def. | Tim Boetsch | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:28 | |
| Welterweight | Muslim Salikhov | def. | Ricky Rainey | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:12 | |
| Flyweight | John Moraga | def. | Wilson Reis | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Krzysztof Jotko | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:16 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Gilbert Burns | def. | Dan Moret | KO (punches) | 2 | 0:59 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Lauren Mueller | def. | Shana Dobson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Dhiego Lima | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Adam Wieczorek | def. | Arjan Bhullar | Submission (omoplata) | 2 | 1:59 | |
| Bantamweight | Alejandro Pérez | def. | Matthew Lopez | TKO (knees and punches) | 2 | 3:42 | |
| Bantamweight | Luke Sanders | def. | Patrick Williams | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[10]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,481,000.[11]
