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UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25)
Venue AT&T Center
City San Antonio, Texas, United States
Attendance 16,076[1]
Total gate $2,150,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2

UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen (also known as UFC on ESPN 43) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 25, 2023, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, United States.[2][3]

Background

The event marked the promotion's third visit to San Antonio and first since UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards in July 2019.[2]

A bantamweight bout between Marlon Vera and former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen headlined the event.[4] They were previously expected to headline UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield, but were rescheduled to this event for unknown reasons.[5]

Although it was not announced by the promotion, a rematch between Irene Aldana and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Raquel Pennington was originally rumored to headline this event.[6] The pair previously met at UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards, where Pennington won by a split decision.[7] However, the bout never materialized.

Sean Brady and Michel Pereira were expected to meet in a welterweight bout.[8] However, Brady pulled out in mid-February due to a torn groin and the bout was scrapped.[9]

A featherweight bout between Alex Caceres and Nate Landwehr was expected to take place at the event.[10] However, Caceres withdrew due to an undisclosed reason and was replaced by Austin Lingo.[11]

Liang Na and Brogan Walker-Sanchez were expected to meet in a women's flyweight bout.[12] However, Liang pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and Walker-Sanchez was moved to UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes a month later as a replacement against Iasmin Lucindo.[13]

Tamires Vidal was expected to face Hailey Cowan in a women's bantamweight bout at the event.[14] However, Vidal pulled out due to undisclosed medical reasons and the pairing was scrapped.[15]

A lightweight bout between Manuel Torres and Trey Ogden was expected to take place at the event, but it was cancelled the day before due to Torres suffering a medical issue.[16]

Former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Alex Perez and former Rizin Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape were expected to meet on the main card.[17] However, the pairing was cancelled during the broadcast as Perez suffered a seizure backstage.[18][19]

During the event's broadcast, former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone was announced as the next "modern wing" UFC Hall of Fame inductee.[20]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Cory Sandhagen def. Marlon Vera Decision (split) (47–48, 50–45, 49–46) 5 5:00
Women's Bantamweight Holly Holm def. Yana Santos Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Nate Landwehr def. Austin Lingo Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:11
Women's Flyweight Maycee Barber def. Andrea Lee Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Albert Duraev def. Chidi Njokuani Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Daniel Pineda def. Tucker Lutz Submission (guillotine choke) 2 2:50
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Featherweight Lucas Alexander def. Steven Peterson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Trevin Giles def. Preston Parsons Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight C.J. Vergara def. Daniel da Silva TKO (punches) 2 4:04
Flyweight Victor Altamirano def. Vinicius Salvador Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[22]

  • Fight of the Night: C.J. Vergara vs. Daniel da Silva
  • Performance of the Night: Nate Landwehr and Daniel Pineda

See also

References

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