UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
| UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey | |
| information | |
|---|---|
| date | December 30, 2016 |
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena |
| city | Las Vegas , Nevada , United States |
| Number of visitors | 18,533 |
| Event chronology | |
| ← UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis | |
| UFC chronology | |
| ← UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson | |
UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey was a mixed martial arts event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It took place on December 30, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States as the final UFC event in 2016 and was broadcast as pay-per-view .
background
Ronda Rousey played her first fight at the event since her first loss in a professional match against Holly Holm at UFC 193 on November 15, 2015, in which she also lost the UFC women's bantamweight title. She competed in the main fight of the event against Amanda Nunes, who was now the new title holder in the weight class.
In the second main bout of the event, Dominick Cruz defended his men's bantamweight title against Cody Garbrandt. In addition, a fight between the former champion of this weight class TJ Dillashaw and John Lineker in the bantamweight division, whose winner in the future the winner of Cruz vs. Garbrandt and thus the bantamweight title holder .
Originally, the event should also include a heavyweight fight between Cain Velasquez and Fabrício Werdum. However, this was canceled on December 25, 2016 by the Nevada State Athletic Commision (NSAC), because, in the opinion of the NSAC, Velasquez would not have been ready for his fight due to an injury. The UFC then stated that Werdum would not contest a fight at the event and that only ten of the planned eleven fights would take place.
Results
KO = knockout (knockout); TKO = technical knockout ; SUB = task by tapping (submission); UDE = point decision (unanimous decision); SDE = point decision (split); NC = no rating (no contest); (C) = Title holder before the fight (Champion).
| Weight class | winner | loser | method | round | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | ||||||
| Welterweight |
 Alex Oliveira vs. Tim Means
|
NC | 1 | 3:33 | Aborted due to the use of illegal actions and counted as NC. | |
| Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | ||||||
| Welterweight |
Niko Price
|
Brandon Thatch
|
SUB | 1 | 4:30 | |
| Welterweight |
 Alex Garcia
|
Mike Pyle
|
KO | 1 | 3:34 | |
| medium weight |
Antônio Carlos Júnior
|
 Marvin Vettori
|
UDE 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 |
3 | 5:00 | |
| Catch weight (173.5 lb / 78.70 kg ) |
Neil Magny
|
Johny Hendricks
|
UDE 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 |
3 | 5:00 | |
| Main Card | ||||||
| Catch weight (129.5 lb / 58.74 kg ) |
Ray Borg
|
Louis Smolka
|
UDE 30-27, 30-26, 30-26 |
3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight |
 Kim Dong-hyun
|
 Tarec Saffiedine
|
SDE 27-30, 29-28, 29-28 |
3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight |
TJ Dillashaw
|
John Lineker
|
UDE 30-26, 30-26, 30-26 |
3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight |
Cody Garbrandt
|
Dominick Cruz (C)
|
UDE 48-46, 48-47, 48-46 |
5 | 5:00 | Bantamweight title |
| Bantamweight (women) |
Amanda Nunes (C)
|
Ronda Rousey
|
TKO | 1 | 0:48 | Bantamweight title (women) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ After losing the title: Superstar Ronda Rousey returns at UFC 207 ran.de, October 12, 2016, accessed on December 31, 2016
- ↑ Review of UFC 207 (...) wrestling-infos.de, December 31, 2016
- ↑ UFC 207: Cain-Velasquez-Fabricio-Werdum-Kampf canceled sportal.de, December 25, 2016, accessed on December 31, 2016