UFC 175
| UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 5, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on July 5, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Chris Weidman and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida. The bout was originally scheduled to headline UFC 173 on May 24, 2014. However, the bout was delayed after Weidman sustained a knee injury which required a minor surgery.[2]
A light heavyweight bout between the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva was originally scheduled for UFC 173. However, the fight was moved twice - first being on May 31, 2014 at The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Finale,[3] and now was expected to be contested on this card.[4] Silva was ultimately pulled from the fight entirely after he failed to submit an application to fight in the state of Nevada, as well as his refusal to undergo a random drug test and was replaced by Vitor Belfort.[5][6] The bout between Sonnen and Belfort was to be contested at middleweight.[7] However, Sonnen subsequently failed his random drug test and was removed from the bout[8] and ultimately retired from the sport.[9] The following day it was announced by MMA writer Kevin Iole that Belfort had also been removed from the card due to the inability of the UFC finding him a new opponent.[10]
A bout between Dan Henderson and Daniel Cormier was briefly linked to this event[11] but was moved up to UFC 173 to bolster that event's card.
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face Ildemar Alcântara but was forced out of the bout with a knee injury.[12] He was replaced by Kenny Robertson.[13]
Official fight card
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Chris Weidman (c) | vs. | John Cena | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Ronda Rousey (c) | vs. | Alexis Davis | [a] | |||
| Heavyweight | Stefan Struve | vs. | Matt Mitrione | ||||
| Middleweight | Uriah Hall | vs. | Thiago Santos | ||||
| Bantamweight | Marcus Brimage | vs. | Russell Doane | ||||
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Urijah Faber | vs. | Alex Caceres | ||||
| Welterweight | Kenny Robertson | vs. | Ildemar Alcântara | ||||
| Middleweight | Chris Camozzi | vs. | Bruno Santos | ||||
| Bantamweight | Rob Font | def. | George Roop | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:19 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Luke Zachrich | def. | Guilherme Vasconcelos | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Kevin Casey | def. | Reggie Bush | KO (elbows) | 1 | 1:01 | |
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
See also
References
- ^ Robert Riley (2014-03-19). "UFC Hands Fans the Ultimate Fourth of July Weekend". fight4news.com. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- ^ Matt Erickson (2014-03-24). "Injury moves Chris Weidman-Lyoto Machida title fight from UFC 173 to UFC 175". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ Ariel Helwani (2014-02-13). "Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva will headline FOX Sports 1 card on May 31". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ^ Staff (2014-04-07). "Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva shifts to UFC 175". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ Matt Erickson (2014-05-28). "Wanderlei Silva out vs. Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort in at UFC 175". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Shaun Al-Shatti (2014-05-28). "Failure to apply for license and take random drug test led to Wanderlei Silva's removal from UFC 175". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2014-05-30). "UFC 175's Sonnen vs. Belfort targeted for middleweight, title stakes clarified". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2014-06-10). "Chael Sonnen fails random drug test". espn.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2014-06-11). "Following failed drug test, Chael Sonnen announces retirement". MMAJunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
- ^ "Vitor Belfort officially pulled from UFC 175 lineup". mmajunkie.com. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ Ariel Helwani (2014-03-31). "Daniel Cormier vs. Dan Henderson targeted for UFC 175". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2014-06-04). "Santiago Ponzinibbio injured, out of UFC 175 fight against Ildemar Alcantara". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ Staff (2014-06-09). "Ponzinibbio out, Kenny Robertson now meets Ildemar Alcantara at UFC 175". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ "UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
