UFC 222
| UFC 222 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The poster for UFC 222 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 3, 2018 | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya is an ongoing mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on March 3, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.[1]
Background
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar was expected to serve as the event headliner.[2] The pairing was initially expected to take place three months earlier at UFC 218. However, Edgar pulled out of the fight citing an eye injury.[3] In turn, Holloway pulled out of this bout on February 3, due to a leg injury and the matchup was scrapped.[4]
On the same day of Holloway's withdrawal, the UFC reportedly pursued a UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Cody Garbrandt to headline this event, in what would be a rematch of their UFC 217 encounter, in which Dillashaw recaptured the title with a TKO win. However, Dillashaw declined the offer citing a few reasons: the recent birth of his first child, not being in a training camp, disbelief that Garbrandt deserves the title shot, as well as a targeted UFC Flyweight Championship challenge against the champion Demetrious Johnson (who is currently recovering from a surgery).[5]
On February 7, it was reported that a UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Cris Cyborg (who is also a former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion and Invicta FC Featherweight Champion) and former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Yana Kunitskaya was now scheduled to headline the event.[6] It was also announced that Edgar will remain on the card, facing Brian Ortega in the co-main event.[6]
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller bantamweight winner John Dodson and Pedro Munhoz is expected to take place at the event.[7] The pairing was originally scheduled to take place one month earlier at UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders but was scrapped from the event after Munhoz missed weight and Dodson did not agree to fight at a catchweight.[8]
Bobby Green was expected to face Beneil Dariush at the event, but pulled out on February 14 due to injury.[9] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Alexander Hernandez.[10]
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg (c) | vs. | Yana Kunitskaya | [a] | |||
| Featherweight | Frankie Edgar | vs. | Brian Ortega | ||||
| Bantamweight | Sean O’Malley | vs. | Andre Soukhamthath | ||||
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | vs. | Stefan Struve | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) | |||
| Women's Bantamweight | Ketlen Vieira | def. | Cat Zingano | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | def. | Ashley Yoder | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Alexander Hernandez | def. | Beneil Dariush | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:42 | |
| Bantamweight | John Dodson | def. | Pedro Munhoz | Decision (split) (28-29, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | C. B. Dollaway | def. | Hector Lombard | DQ (illegal punches) | 1 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Zak Ottow | def. | Mike Pyle | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:34 | |
| Bantamweight | Cody Stamann | def. | Bryan Caraway | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jordan Johnson | def. | Adam Milstead | Decision (split) (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
- ^ Lombard was disqualified after hitting Dollaway twice after the bell, rendering him unable to continue.
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2017-11-05). "UFC announces Q1 event schedule". ufc.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Dave Doyle (2018-01-08). "Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar rescheduled for UFC 222". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2017-11-11). "Frankie Edgar injured, off UFC 218 title fight vs. Max Holloway". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2018-02-03). "UFC 222 explores options for main event after Max Holloway injury". espn.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2018-02-03). "T.J. Dillashaw shuts down UFC 222 rematch against Cody Garbrandt, whose blasts champ's 'excuses'". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ a b Ariel Helwani (2018-02-07). "Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya, Frankie Edgar vs. Brian Ortega scheduled for UFC 222". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ Adam Hill (2018-02-06). "Bantamweight bout rescheduled for UFC 222 in Las Vegas". reviewjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2018-02-02). "John Dodson vs. Pedro Munhoz off of UFC Belem". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Dave Doyle (2018-02-14). "Bobby Green injured, out of UFC 222 fight with Beneil Dariush". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ^ Staff (2018-02-23). "Beneil Dariush draws newcomer as replacement opponent at UFC 222". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
 | This article related to mixed martial arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |