UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson

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UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 20, 2014 (2014-09-20)
VenueSaitama Super Arena
CitySaitama, Japan
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson (also known as UFC Fight Night 52) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on September 20, 2014 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1] Initially, the UFC stated that this fight would be held on Sunday September 21,[2] though this was later corrected.

Background

The event will be the third that the organization has hosted in Saitama, following UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson in February 2012 and UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann in March 2013.

The event is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Mark Hunt.[3][4]

Tatsuya Kawajiri was briefly linked to a matchup at the event with Darren Elkins, but the bout never materialized as Kawajiri was sidelined indefinitely with a detached retina.[5]

Chris Cariaso was originally scheduled to face Kyoji Horiguchi at the event.[6] However, Cariaso was pulled from the bout with Horoguchi in favor of a matchup with current flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 177.[7] Horiguchi is now expected to face Jon Delos Reyes.[8]

Kyle Noke was expected to face Yoshihiro Akiyama at the event, but eventually was forced out of the bout with a knee injury.[9] Akiyama is now expected to face Amir Sadollah.[10]

Urijah Faber was briefly linked to a bout with Masanori Kanehara at the event. However, before the bout was officially announced, Faber was removed due to injury and Kanehara will now face Alex Caceres.[11]

Official fight card

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson
Lightweight Myles Jury vs. Takanori Gomi
Welterweight Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Amir Sadollah
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate def. Rin Nakai Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Kiichi Kunimoto def. Richard Walsh Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi def. Jon Delos Reyes TKO (punches) 1 3:48
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Masanori Kanehara def. Alex Caceres Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Katsunori Kikuno def. Sam Sicilia Submission (rear naked choke) 2 1:38
Welterweight Hyun Gyu Lim def. Takenori Sato TKO (elbows) 1 1:18
Bantamweight Kyung Ho Kang def. Michinori Tanaka Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Johnny Case def. Kazuki Tokudome Technical Submission (guillotine choke) 2 2:34
Featherweight Maximo Blanco def. Daniel Hooker Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00

[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  2. ^ Staff (May 30, 2014). "Hunt vs. Nelson set for Japan in September". ufc.com.
  3. ^ "Roy Nelson vs. Mark Hunt targeted for UFC Fight Night event in Japan". mmajunkie.com. May 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mark Hunt Agrees to Battle of the Buldge". mixedmartialarts.com. May 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Tatsuya Kawajiri out of UFC: Japan". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  6. ^ Sean Ross Sapp (2014-07-02). "UFC Fight Night Japan adds Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Chris Cariaso". fansided.com. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  7. ^ Staff (2014-07-15). "Champ Demetrious Johnson faces Chris Cariaso at UFC 178". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  8. ^ Jacob Cooper (2014-08-08). "Kyoji Horiguchi faces Jon Delos Reyes at UFC Fight Night 52". cagepages.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  9. ^ Tristen Critchfield (2014-08-07). "Kyle Noke Injures Knee, Pulls Out of Sept. 20 UFC Fight Night Bout vs. Akiyama". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  10. ^ Jacob Cooper (2014-08-08). "Amir Sadollah returns vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC Fight Night 52". cagepages.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  11. ^ Staff (2014-08-08). "Alex Caceres replaces Urijah Faber, meets Masanori Kanehara at UFC Fight Night 52". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  12. ^ Staff (2014-06-06). "UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson". ufc.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
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