UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | December 3, 2022 | |||
Venue | Kia Center | |||
City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
Attendance | 17,065 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland (also known as UFC on ESPN 42) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 3, 2022, at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida, United States. [2] [3]
The promotion has previously contested three events at Kia Center in Orlando, most recently in February 2018 for UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens. [3]
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland headlined the event. [4]
Yazmin Jauregui and Istela Nunes met in a women's strawweight bout. [5] They were originally booked to fight at UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz four months earlier, but Nunes withdrew due to injury. [6]
A middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Derek Brunson was expected to take place at the event. [7] However, Brunson withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Roman Dolidze. [8]
A women's flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Amanda Ribas was expected to take place at the event. [9] However, shortly after the official weigh-ins, the promotion announced Cortez was pulled from the bout due to an unspecified medical issue and the bout was cancelled. [10]
At the weigh-ins, Philip Rowe weighed in at 173.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 30% of his purse, which went to his opponent Niko Price. [11]
Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Stephen Thompson | def. | Kevin Holland | TKO (corner stoppage) | 4 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Rafael dos Anjos | def. | Bryan Barberena | Submission (neck crank) | 2 | 3:20 | |
Flyweight | Matheus Nicolau | def. | Matt Schnell | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:44 | |
Heavyweight | Sergei Pavlovich | def. | Tai Tuivasa | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | |
Middleweight | Roman Dolidze | def. | Jack Hermansson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:06 | |
Middleweight | Eryk Anders | def. | Kyle Daukaus | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:45 | |
Catchweight (173.5 lb) | Philip Rowe | def. | Niko Price | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:26 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Women's Strawweight | Angela Hill | def. | Emily Ducote | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Clay Guida | def. | Scott Holtzman | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Michael Johnson | def. | Marc Diakiese | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Jonathan Pearce | def. | Darren Elkins | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Natan Levy | def. | Genaro Valdèz | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Francis Marshall | def. | Marcelo Rojo | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:14 | |
Women's Strawweight | Yazmin Jauregui | def. | Istela Nunes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:06 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [13]
With eight knockouts, this event tied the record with seven other events for most knockouts in a single UFC event in UFC history. Also, former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos became the first fighter in UFC history to cross eight hours of octagon time. [14]