UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | February 12, 2022 | |||
Venue | Toyota Center | |||
City | Houston, Texas, United States | |||
Attendance | 17,872 [1] | |||
Total gate | $4,300,000 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 12, 2022 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. [2]
A UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between then champion Israel Adesanya and former champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) served as the event's headliner. [3] The pairing met previously in October 2019 at UFC 243, when then interim champion Adesanya knocked out Whittaker in the second round to unify the middleweight title. [4]
A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez and Matt Schnell was expected to take place at this event. [5] They were previously scheduled to meet on four occasions ( UFC 262, UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze, UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till and UFC 269), but the contest was cancelled each time due to different reasons. [6] [7] [8] [9] At the weigh-ins, Perez came in at 128 pounds and did not attempt to try again, resulting in Matt Schnell refusing to take the catchweight bout and the bout being scrapped. [10]
A potential middleweight title eliminator bout between Jared Cannonier and Derek Brunson was scheduled for UFC 270. [11] However, the pairing was moved to this event due to undisclosed reasons. [12]
2016 Olympic silver medalist in wrestling Mark Madsen and Vinc Pichel were expected to meet in a lightweight bout. [13] However, they were pushed back to UFC 273 due to unknown reasons. [14]
A welterweight between Orion Cosce and Mike Mathetha was scheduled for the event. [15] However, Cosce was pulled from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Jeremiah Wells. [16]
A light heavyweight bout between Maxim Grishin and Ed Herman was scheduled for this event. [17] However in late January, Herman withdrew due to unknown reasons and was replaced by William Knight. [18] At the weigh-ins, Knight weighed in at 218 pounds, 12 pounds over the light heavyweight non-title fight limit, marking the biggest weight miss in UFC history. [19] As a result, the bout was shifted to heavyweight and Knight was fined 40% of his purse, which went to Grishin. [20]
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Robert Whittaker | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
Heavyweight | Tai Tuivasa | def. | Derrick Lewis | KO (elbow) | 2 | 1:40 | |
Middleweight | Jared Cannonier | def. | Derek Brunson | KO (elbows) | 2 | 4:29 | |
Lightweight | Renato Moicano | def. | Alexander Hernandez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:23 | |
Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | Nasrat Haqparast | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | def. | Jared Vanderaa | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Casey O'Neill | def. | Roxanne Modafferi | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Kyler Phillips | def. | Marcelo Rojo | Submission (triangle armbar) | 3 | 1:48 | |
Light Heavyweight | Carlos Ulberg | def. | Fabio Cherant | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Bantamweight | Ronnie Lawrence | def. | Leomana Martinez | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Jacob Malkoun | def. | A.J. Dobson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Douglas Silva de Andrade | def. | Sergey Morozov | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:24 | |
Welterweight | Jeremiah Wells | def. | Mike Mathetha | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:38 | |
Heavyweight | Maxim Grishin | def. | William Knight | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [22]