UFC Fight Night Machida vs Romero

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Sat 27th June 2015 (UTC)
Sat 27th June 2015 (Local)

Timestamp
2015-06-27T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC

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UFC

Season
2015

Round
21

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The event was originally expected to be held at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. However, on May 15, the event was moved to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

The fight card was also expected to feature the lightweight and bantamweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4. This was the first time a Ultimate Fighter Brazil Finale event would be held outside of Brazil. However, as the event approached, several international fighters experienced travel restrictions due to technical issues within the Bureau of Consular Affairs division of the U.S. State Department which produces travel visas. The issue led to a major altering of the card as multiple fights were postponed.

The lightweight and bantamweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4, was instead contested on August 1, 2015 at UFC 190.

A welterweight bout between Rick Story and Erick Silva was expected to serve as the main event. However, after the initial venue change, the bout was moved to a co-featured slot and the event was headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist in freestyle wrestling Yoel Romero. Also affected by the visa issues, Silva was pulled from the event and his bout against Story was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira.

A light heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov and Marcos Rogério de Lima was briefly linked to UFC Fight Night 69. However, the pairing was expected to take place at this event. Subsequently, the pairing was postponed again as de Lima faced visa issues.

A featherweight bout between Rani Yahya and Masanori Kanehara also planned for the event was shifted to the UFC Fight Night 71 event on July 15, 2015.

Chas Skelly was briefly linked to a bout with Hacran Dias at the event. However, Skelly was pulled from the card due to illness and replaced by Levan Makashvili.

A welterweight bout between Viscardi Andrade and Andreas Ståhl was scrapped as Ståhl suffered an injury in the week leading up to the event.

Promotional newcomer Lewis Gonzalez missed weight on his first attempt at the weigh-ins, coming in 3 lbs overweight at 174 lbs. After having made no attempts to cut further, he was fined 20 percent of his fight purse, which went to Leandro Silva.

In a controversial post-fight interview, Yoel Romero seemed to express disagreement with the Obergefell v. Hodges supreme court ruling. However, during the post fight press conference and subsequent interviews the following day, Romero denied referring to gay marriage and apologized for his comments while maintaining that they were misunderstood and taken out of context.

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Result List

01	Yoel Romero	WIN
01	Lyoto Machida	LOSS

02	Lorenz Larkin	WIN
02	Santiago Ponzinibbio	LOSS

03	Antonio Carlos Junior	WIN
03	Eddie Gordon	LOSS

05	Levan Makashvili	LOSS
05	Hacran Dias	WIN

06	Alex Oliveira	WIN
06	Joe Merritt	LOSS

07	Leandro Silva	WIN
07	Lewis Gonzalez	LOSS

08	Tony Sims	WIN
08	Steve Montgomery	LOSS

Result Description
Middleweight Yoel Romero def. Lyoto Machida KO (elbows)
Welterweight Lorenz Larkin def. Santiago Ponzinibbio TKO (punches)
Middleweight Antônio Carlos Júnior def. Eddie Gordon Submission (rear-naked choke)
Middleweight Thiago Santos def. Steve Bossé KO (head kick)
Featherweight Hacran Dias def. Levan Makashvili Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)

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