UFC 245
| UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | |
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| The poster for UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | |
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Date | December 14, 2019 (2019年12月14日) |
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena |
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States |
| Attendance | 16,811[1] |
| Total gate | 4,041,119ドル.14[1] |
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UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 14, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2] [3]
Background
[edit ]A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion and The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians winner Kamaru Usman and former interim champion Colby Covington served as the event headliner.[4]
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between the current champion Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski took place as the co-main event.[5]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) and the inaugural featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie also took place at the event.[6] The pairing previously met in November 2013 at UFC: Fight for the Troops 3, with Nunes winning the encounter via TKO in the first round.[7]
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at the event. However, Ponzinibbio pulled out of the fight on October 12 citing a staph infection. Despite having over two months before the event, promotion officials elected to remove Lawler from the card entirely instead of having him face a replacement.[8]
Sergio Pettis was briefly linked to a bout with Kai Kara-France at the event.[9] However, Pettis revealed in early October that he was entertaining offers from other promotions after the completion of his previous contract and did not currently have a fight lined up with the promotion.[10] Kara-France ultimately faced Brandon Moreno.[11]
At the weigh-ins, former UFC Women's Flyweight Championship challenger Jessica Eye failed to make weight, coming in at 131 pounds, five pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126 pounds. She was fined 30% of her fight purse, which went to her opponent Viviane Araújo and the bout proceeded at a catchweight.[12]
Results
[edit ]| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Colby Covington | TKO (punches) | 5 | 4:10 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | def. | Max Holloway (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Germaine de Randamie | Decision (unanimous) (49–44, 49–46, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Marlon Moraes | def. | José Aldo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def. | Urijah Faber | KO (head kick) | 3 | 0:43 | |
| Preliminary Card (ESPN2) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Geoff Neal | def. | Mike Perry | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 1:30 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Irene Aldana | def. | Ketlen Vieira | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:51 | |
| Middleweight | Omari Akhmedov | def. | Ian Heinisch | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Matt Brown | def. | Ben Saunders | KO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 4:55 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Chase Hooper | def. | Daniel Teymur | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 4:34 | |
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | def. | Kai Kara-France | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (131 lb) | Jessica Eye | def. | Viviane Araújo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Punahele Soriano | def. | Oskar Piechota | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:17 | |
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
Bonus awards
[edit ]The following fighters received 50,000ドル bonuses.[1]
- Fight of the Night: Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington
- Performance of the Night: Petr Yan and Irene Aldana
Reported payout
[edit ]The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was 4,084,000ドル.[14]
- Kamaru Usman: 500,000ドル (no win bonus) def. Colby Covington: 500,000ドル
- Alexander Volkanovski: 250,000ドル (no win bonus) def. Max Holloway: 350,000ドル
- Amanda Nunes: 450,000ドル (includes 100,000ドル win bonus) def. Germaine de Randamie: 100,000ドル
- Marlon Moraes: 220,000ドル (includes 110,000ドル win bonus) def. José Aldo: 400,000ドル
- Petr Yan: 132,000ドル (includes 66,000ドル win bonus) def. Urijah Faber: 250,000ドル
- Geoff Neal: 62,000ドル (includes 31,000ドル win bonus) def. Mike Perry: 90,000ドル
- Irene Aldana: 80,000ドル (includes 40,000ドル win bonus) def. Ketlen Vieira: 33,000ドル
- Omari Akhmedov: 110,000ドル (includes 55,000ドル win bonus) def. Ian Heinisch: 25,000ドル
- Matt Brown: 160,000ドル (includes 80,000ドル win bonus) def. Ben Saunders: 35,000ドル
- Chase Hooper: 48,000ドル (includes 24,000ドル win bonus) def. Daniel Teymur: 18,000ドル
- Brandon Moreno: 62,000ドル (includes 31,000ドル win bonus) def. Kai Kara-France: 25,000ドル
- Jessica Eye: 96,000ドル (includes 48,000ドル win bonus) def. Viviane Araújo: 45,000ドル
- Puna Soriano: 20,000ドル (includes 10,000ドル win bonus) def. Oskar Piechota: 20,000ドル
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Fernando Quiles Jr. (2019年12月15日). "UFC 245 bonuses, live gate, & attendance revealed". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2019年12月15日.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2019年07月08日). "UFC announces fourth quarter schedule for 2019". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2019年07月08日.
- ^ Redactie (2019年07月08日). "The UFC announces events for Moscow, Singapore, Busan and more". mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2019年07月08日. (in Dutch)
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2019年10月01日). "Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington to headline UFC 245". ufc.com. Retrieved 2019年10月02日.
- ^ Alexander K. Lee (2019年09月21日). "Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski set for UFC 245". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2019年09月22日.
- ^ Nolan King (2019年08月17日). "Amanda Nunes to defend bantamweight title vs. Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2019年08月19日.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (2013年11月06日). "UFC Fight Night 31 results, photos: Amanda Nunes pounds out Germaine De Randamie". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2019年08月19日.
- ^ Nick Baldwin (2019年10月12日). "Santiago Ponzinibbio out of UFC 245 fight vs. Robbie Lawler". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2019年10月12日.
- ^ Marvin France (2019年09月29日). "Kiwi Kai Kara-France books fight against Sergio Pettis at UFC 245 in Las Vegas". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2019年10月04日.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2019年10月03日). "Free agency puts Sergio Pettis vs Kai Kara-France 'on hold' for UFC 245". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2019年10月04日.
- ^ Christopher Rieve (2019年10月04日). "Kai Kara-France to fight Brandon Moreno at UFC 245, Sergio Pettis now testing free agency". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2019年10月04日.
- ^ Jon Fuentes (2019年12月13日). "UFC 245 weigh-in results: all but one fighter makes weight". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2019年12月13日.
- ^ "UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 2019年11月12日.
- ^ Nolan King (2019年12月16日). "UFC 245 salaries: Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington top list of disclosed paydays". mmajunkie.com.