UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens (also known as UFC Fight Night 44) was a mixed martial arts event held at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.^[2]

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 28, 2014 (2014-06-28)
Venue	AT&T Center
City	San Antonio, Texas
Attendance	9,227[1]
Total gate	$728,358[1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida

Background

The event was the first that the organization has hosted in San Antonio.^[2] Zuffa hosted a World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 43, there in 2009.

The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Jeremy Stephens.^[3]

Rani Yahya was expected to face Johnny Bedford in a rematch from their bout at UFC Fight Night 39. However, Yahya was forced out of the bout and was replaced by Cody Gibson.^[4]

A welterweight bout between Sean Spencer and Luiz Dutra was official for this card but had to be cancelled due to an injury.^[5]

Myles Jury was scheduled to face Abel Trujillo at the event. However, Jury pulled out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Francisco Treviño. Subsequently, Treviño's originally scheduled opponent on the card, Joe Ellenberger, was briefly linked to bouts with newcomers Johnny Case^[6] and Bryan Barberena. However, Case and Barberena were removed just days after being announced as well^[7][8] and were eventually replaced by another newcomer James Moontasri. Then on June 9, Treviño pulled out of the bout and Trujillo was removed from the card entirely.^[9]

Ray Borg was scheduled to face Ryan Benoit at the event.^[10] However, on June 18 it was announced that Benoit had to pull out of the fight due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Shane Howell.^[11]

Co-main event fighter Kelvin Gastelum initially weighed in over the 171 pound welterweight limit at 173 pounds. His subsequent efforts to make weight over the next two hours failed, hence he was forced to surrender 20 percent of his purse to opponent Nico Musoke.^[12]

Results

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Cub Swanson	def.	Jeremy Stephens	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47)	5	5:00
Catchweight (172.75 lb)	Kelvin Gastelum	def.	Nico Musoke	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Cezar Ferreira	def.	Andrew Craig	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Ricardo Lamas	def.	Hacran Dias	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Clint Hester	def.	Antônio Braga Neto	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Joe Ellenberger	def.	James Moontasri	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight	Carlos Diego Ferreira	def.	Colton Smith	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:38
Bantamweight	Cody Gibson	def.	Johnny Bedford	TKO (punches)	1	0:38
Middleweight	Marcelo Guimarães	def.	Andy Enz	Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Ray Borg	def.	Shane Howell	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:17
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight	Aleksei Oleinik	def.	Anthony Hamilton	Submission (neck crank)	1	2:18

^[13]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:^[14]

• Fight of the Night: Cub Swanson vs. Jeremy Stephens
• Performance of the Night: Ray Borg and Carlos Diego Ferreira

See also

• List of UFC events
• 2014 in UFC