UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2014
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UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson (also known as UFC Fight Night 57) was a mixed martial arts event held at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, on November 22, 2014.[2]
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 22, 2014
VenueFrank Erwin Center
CityAustin, Texas
| UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 22, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Frank Erwin Center | |||
| City | Austin, Texas | |||
| Attendance | 10,131[1] | |||
| Total gate | $670,022[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
The event was the second that the organization had hosted in Austin, following UFC Fight Night 22 in 2010.[2]
The card was headlined by a featherweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson.[3]
A bout between Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran, briefly linked to UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine, was rescheduled after VanZant suffered a minor injury and took place at this event.[4]
Results
| Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Frankie Edgar | def. | Cub Swanson | Submission (neck crank) | 5 | 4:56 | |
| Lightweight | Edson Barboza | def. | Bobby Green | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Chico Camus | def. | Brad Pickett | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Alexey Oleynik | def. | Jared Rosholt | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:21 | |
| Flyweight | Joseph Benavidez | def. | Dustin Ortiz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Matt Wiman | def. | Isaac Vallie-Flagg | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Ruslan Magomedov | def. | Josh Copeland | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Roger Narvaez | def. | Luke Barnatt | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | James Vick | def. | Nick Hein | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Akbarh Arreola | def. | Yves Edwards | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:52 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Women's Strawweight | Paige VanZant | def. | Kailin Curran | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:54 | |
| Featherweight | Choi Doo-ho | def. | Juan Puig | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:18 | |
Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[6]
- Fight of the Night: Paige VanZant vs. Kailin Curran
- Performance of the Night: Frankie Edgar and Aleksei Oleinik
