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 The poster for UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 1, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Prudential Center | |||
| City | Newark, New Jersey | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on February 1, 2014, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[1]
Background
A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and #1 contender Glover Teixeira was briefly linked as the event headliner.[2] However, just days after the announcement, Dana White indicated that "the timing didn't work out" for the pairing and that fight would take place at a later event.[3]
The event was expected to be headlined by the long awaited return of the Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz. However, on January 6, UFC President Dana White announced that Cruz had torn his groin in training and pulled from the fight. Cruz has also vacated his title, making Barao the undisputed bantamweight champion. Stepping up to replace Cruz will be Urijah Faber.[4]
Co-featured on the card will be UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo defending his title against top contender Ricardo Lamas.[5]
A Heavyweight bout between former Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem, scheduled to take place at UFC 167, was moved to this event.[6]
Bobby Green was expected to face Abel Trujillo at this event. However, Green pulled out of the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner.[7]
Chris Cariaso was expected to face Kyoji Horiguchi at the event. However, Horiguchi pulled out of the bout citing injury.[8] He was replaced by WEC veteran Danny Martinez.[9]
Official fight card
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Renan Barão (C) | vs. | Urijah Faber | [a] | |||
| Featherweight | José Aldo (C) | vs. | Ricardo Lamas | [b] | |||
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | vs. | Alistair Overeem | ||||
| Flyweight | John Lineker | vs. | Ali Bagautinov | ||||
| Lightweight | Jamie Varner | vs. | Abel Trujillo | ||||
| Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
| Lightweight | John Makdessi | vs. | Alan Patrick | ||||
| Flyweight | Chris Cariaso | vs. | Danny Martinez | ||||
| Middleweight | Nick Catone | vs. | Tom Watson | ||||
| Lightweight | Al Iaquinta | vs. | Kevin Lee | ||||
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Clint Hester | vs. | Andy Enz | ||||
| Lightweight | Tony Martin | vs. | Rashid Magomedov | ||||
| Welterweight | Neil Magny | vs. | Gasan Umalatov | ||||
- ^ For Bantamweight Championship title.
- ^ For Featherweight Championship title.
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2013-05-13). "UFC's annual Super Bowl weekend card shifts from Las Vegas to Newark in 2014". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ^ Staff. "Jon Jones-Glover Teixeira, Mir-Overeem top UFC 169 on Super Bowl weekend". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 10-03-2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Matt Erickson and John Morgan. "Jon Jones-Glover Teixeira title fight no longer on UFC 169 Super Bowl card". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 10-07-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Staff. "Dominick Cruz withdraws from fight". Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ "Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas, Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao set for UFC 169". MMAjunkie.com. October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2013-10-03). "Mir-Overeem fight moved to Feb. 1". espn.go..com. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ Staff (2013-12-31). "Abel Trujillo gets new opponent for UFC 169 main card". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ Dann Stupp (2014-01-15). "Kyoji Horiguchi drops off UFC 169 card". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ Dann Stupp (2014-01-15). "Danny Martinez gets call for octagon debut at UFC 169". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "UFC 169". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
