UFC on FOX 17 comes from Orlando Saturday 19th December. The main event is a lightweight championship bout between Rafael dos Anjos and Donald Cerrone. In the co-main event Junior dos Santos battles Alistair Overeem in a heavyweight clash.
Before we can get to the fights ahead we have to make sure they’re all on course to make weight.
Here are the full weigh-in results:
Main Card
Rafael dos Anjos (154.5 lbs) vs. Donald Cerrone (154.5 lbs)
Junior Dos Santos (239 lbs) vs. Alistair Overeem (243 lbs)
Nate Diaz (156 lbs) vs. Michael Johnson (155.5 lbs)
Karolina Kowalkiewicz (114.5 lbs) vs. Randa Markos (116 lbs)
Preliminary Card
Myles Jury (146 lbs) vs. Charles Oliveira (150 .5 lbs)*
C.B. Dollaway (185.5 lbs) vs. Nate Marquardt (186 lbs)
Sarah Kaufman (136 lbs) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (134 lbs)
Tamdan McCrory (185 lbs) vs. Josh Samman (186 lbs)
Danny Castillo *(158 lbs) vs. Nik Lentz (156 lbs)
Jim Alers (145 lbs) vs. Cole Miller (146 lbs)
Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
Leon Edwards (171 lbs) vs. Kamaru Usman (171 lbs)
Hayder Hassan (170 lbs) vs. Vicente Luque (171 lbs)
Luiz Henrique (248 lbs) vs. Francis Ngannou (254 lbs)
*Have 1 hour to make weight
The night was finally here, UFC Fight Night Broomfield or UFC Fight Night 60. Either one will do, they are both the same event where former Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson took on Welterweight Brandon Thatch [who has not been out of the first round in his last 10 fights, or over 2 minutes, for which he has finished every single fight].
Also on the Card, was up-and-coming Max Holloway who took on the veteran in Cole Miller in the Co-Main Event.
Here are the Full complete Results from UFC Broomfield:
Main Card
Welterweight: Benson Henderson Def Brandon Thatch Via RNC 3 mins 58 secs Rnd 4
Featherweight: Max Holloway Def Cole Miller Via UD 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
Welterweight: Neil Magny Def Kiichi Kunimoto Via RNC 1 min 22 Secs Rnd 3
Middleweight: Daniel Kelly Def Patrick Walsh Via UD 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
Lightweight: Kevin Lee Def Michel Prazeres Via UD 30-27, 29-28, 30-27
Flyweight: Ray Borg Def Chris Kelades Via Kimura 2 min 56 secs Rnd 3
Preliminary Card
Lightweight: Efrain Escudero Def Rodrigo De Lima Via UD 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Featherweight: Chas Skelly Def Jim Alers Via TKO 4 min 59 secs Rnd 2
Fly weight: Zach Makovsky Def Elliott Via UD 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Lightweight: James Moontasri Def Cody Pfister Via RNC 1 min 49 secs Rnd 2
James Moontasri Win UFC Broomfield
BONUSES
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT
Benson Henderson and Brandon Thatch $50,000 each
PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT
Ray Borg $50,000
Neil Magny $50,000
The UFC is back in Broomfield, Colorado, for the first time since 2010 and it may not have been an easy road to get here, but Saturday night’s main event will now feature Benson Henderson who is moving up a weight division to face deadly striker Brandon Thatch.
The Co-Main event features the ever exciting featherweight Max Holloway who goes up against Cole Miller.
Before we get to the all important fights it is of course the all important weigh-ins.
Main Card 3am GMT BT Sports 2/FS1, 10 PM ET/7 PM PT
Benson Henderson (169lbs) vs. Brandon Thatch (170 lbs)
Max Holloway (145.25 lbs) vs. Cole Miller (145 lbs)
Neil Magny (170.5 lbs) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (170 lbs)
Daniel Kelly (185.5 lbs) vs. Patrick Walsh* (191.5 lbs)
Michel Prazeres (156) with towel vs Kevin Lee (155.25 lbs)
Ray Borg (125.75 lbs) vs. Chris Kelades* (127 lbs) with towel
Preliminary Card 1am GMT BT Sports 2/FS1, 8 PM ET/5 PM PT
Efrain Escudero (156 lbs) vs. Rodrigo Lima (154.5 lbs)
Chas Skelly (145.75 lbs ) vs. Jim Alers (145 lbs)
Zach Makovsky (125.5 lbs) vs. Tim Elliott (125 lbs)
James Moontasri* (158 lbs) vs. Cody Pfister (156 lbs)
*Nik Lentz/Levan Makashvili was cancelled before the weigh-ins due to Nik being ill.
**Fighters have 2 hours to make weight before fines issued
Cage Warriors 63 take place tomorrow night – December 31st (New years eve) – at The Helix, Dublin, Ireland.
Headlining the event is Scotlands Stevie ‘Braveheart’ Ray making his defence of the inaugural lightweight belt against Ivan ‘Buki’ Buchinger,which also happens to be Cage Warriors 150th professional bout for 2013 and what a way to end the year for the promotion.
John ‘The One’ Maguire makes his anticipated debut for the promotion since being released by the UFC after making five appearances for them, he faces Philip ‘The Honey Badger’ Mulpeter.
Jim ‘The Beast’ Alers will be putting his featherweight belt on the line for his second defence when he faces Graham ‘ Afterburner’ Turner.
Full card details:
Main Card 9pm GMT (4pm ET/1pm PT)
Stevie Ray (C) VS Ivan Buchinger CWFC Lightweight Title Bout
John Maguire VS Philip Mulpeter
Jim Alers (C) VS Graham Turner CWFC Featherweight Title Bout
Paul Redmond VS Mateusz Teodorczuk
Karla Benitez VS Aisling Daly
Facebook Prelims 7.30pm GMT (2.30pm ET/ 11.30am PT)
Sean Carter VS Myles Price
Catherine Costigan VS Morgane Delagnau
Kieran Davern VS John Redmond
Amanda English VS Slavka Vitaly
Unstreamed Prelims 6.15pm GMT
Chris Boujard VS Peter Queally
Gavin Kelly VS Dylan Sheehan
Mick Brennan VS Kieran O’Brien
How to watch
Live Streaming
MMAjunkie.com – USA and Canada ONLY
JOE.ie – Ireland ONLY
Sportube.tv – Italy ONLY
CageWarriors.tv – Rest of the world (EXCLUDING THE UK)
Live TV
Premier Sports – United Kingdom
Sentanta Sports – Ireland
Fight Now TV – USA
The Fight Network – Canada, Portugal, Turkey, Angola
Fight Klub – Poland
Sentanta Action – Africa
ESPN International – Brazil, Latin, America, Pacific Rim
WEIGH-IN RESULTS
Mick Brennan 146.1lbs *(145.9lbs) * (Featherweight Bout)
Kieron O’Brien 144lbs (Featherweight Bout)
Gavin Kelly 134.5llbs (Bantamweight Bout)
Dylan Sheehan 134.3lbs (Bantamweight Bout)
Chris Boujard 157.4lbs (Catchweight Bout)
Peter Queally 158.8lbs (Catchweight Bout)
Slavka Vitaly 125.1lbs (Flyweight Bout)
Amanda English 125.4lbs (Flyweight Bout)
John Redmond 169lbs (Welterweight Bout)
Kieran Davern 169.9lbs (Welterweight Bout)
Morgane Delagnau 103.5lbs (Atomweight Bout)
Catherine Costigan 105.5lbs (Atomweight Bout)
Myles Price 155.5lbs (Lightweight Bout)
Sean Carter 155.5lbs (Lightweight Bout)
Karla Benitez 115.6lbs (Strawweight Bout)
Aisling Daly 116lbs (Strawweight Bout)
Paul Redmond 156lbs (Catchweight Bout)
Mateusz Teodorczuk 157.3lbs ** (Catchweight)
Graham Turner 143.7lbs (Featherweight Bout)
Jim Alers 144.9lbs (Featherweight Bout)
John Maguire 162lbs (Catchweight bout)
Philip Mulpeter 160.7lbs (Catchweight bout)
Ivan Buchinger 154.8lbs (Lightweight Bout)
Stevie Ray 154lbs (Lightweight Bout)
** Mateusz Teodorczuk Failed to make weight therfore Paul Redmond will receive 25% of his purse and is now a catchweight bout instead of a Lightweight bout.
* Made weight 2nd attempt
