UFC Fight Night Maia vs LaFlare 2015-03-21

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UFC Fight Night Maia vs LaFlare

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Sat 21st March 2015 (UTC)

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UFC

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2015

Round
9

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After hosting a PPV event at the venue and some others at HSBC Arena, the event was the first Fight Night that the UFC has hosted in Rio de Janeiro.

The event was expected to be headlined by a bantamweight rematch between Urijah Faber and Raphael Assunção. However, on February 2, Assunção was forced out of the bout as his ankle, injured in mid-December 2014, was slow to heal and he was unable to resume the proper training to prepare for the fight in that time frame. The UFC also removed Faber from the card and promoted a welterweight bout between Demian Maia and Ryan LaFlare to the main event.

Matt Wiman was expected to face Leonardo Santos at the event. However on February 11, Wiman pulled out of the bout citing a back injury and was replaced by Tony Martin.

Josh Thomson was expected to face Gilbert Burns at the event. However on February 26, Thomson pulled out of the fight with an undisclosed injury, while Burns remained on the card and faced Alex Oliveira.

Ben Saunders was expected to face Erick Silva at the event. However on March 6, Saunders pulled out of the bout due to an injury. He was replaced by Josh Koscheck. Koscheck had previously fought just 21 days before this event at UFC 184, losing his fight against Jake Ellenberger.

A lightweight fight between Leandro Silva and Drew Dober ended with controversy as referee Eduardo Herdy stopped the bout at 2:45 of the second round for no apparent reason, as Dober had already escaped a guillotine choke attempt. The result was met with an enormous amount of complaints from several people related to mixed martial arts. Dober was paid his win bonus regardless. Although initially announcing the controversial result would stand, the Comissão Atlética Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) – Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission – overturned Silva’s win and declared the fight a no-contest on March 26.

On April 9, the CABMMA announced that Jorge de Oliveira failed a fight night drug test, testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. He was suspended for one year, retroactive to the event date.

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Result List

01	Demian Maia	WIN
04	Amanda Nunes	WIN
04	Shayna Baszler	LOSS
05	Gilbert Burns	WIN
05	Alex Oliveira	LOSS
07	Francisco Trinaldo	WIN

Result Description
Welterweight Demian Maia def. Ryan LaFlare Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 48–46)
Welterweight Erick Silva def. Josh Koscheck Submission (guillotine choke)
Lightweight Leonardo Santos def. Tony Martin Submission (rear-naked choke)
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes def. Shayna Baszler TKO (leg kick)
Lightweight Gilbert Burns def. Alex Oliveira Submission (armbar)
Featherweight Godofredo Pepey def. Andre Fili Submission (flying triangle choke)

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