UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar

UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar (also known as UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar, UFC Fight Night 163 and UFC on ESPN+ 21) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 9, 2019 at CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.^[2][3]

UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09)
Venue	CSKA Arena
City	Moscow, Russia
Attendance	11,305[1]
Event chronology
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré

Background

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov was scheduled to serve as the event headliner.^[4] However, dos Santos pulled out of the matchup on October 22, citing a bacterial infection in his leg.^[5] Greg Hardy was announced as the replacement on the same day, moving this bout down into the co-main event slot.^[6]

A featherweight bout between Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar was scheduled for UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman. However, promotion officials then elected to instead reschedule the pairing for this event.^[7] In turn, after a change up in participants in the original main event, the pairing was elevated to serve as the three round headliner.^[6]

Vinc Pichel was linked to a bout with Alexander Yakovlev at the event. However, Pichel pulled out of the fight on October 24, citing an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Roosevelt Roberts.^[8]

A light heavyweight bout between Gadzhimurad Antigulov and Ed Herman was scheduled for the event. However, Antigulov was pulled from the bout for an undisclosed reason and replaced by Khadis Ibragimov.^[9]

Results

Fight Card (ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Zabit Magomedsharipov	def.	Calvin Kattar	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Greg Hardy	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Danny Roberts	def.	Zelim Imadaev	KO (punch)	2	4:54
Light Heavyweight	Ed Herman	def.	Khadis Ibragimov	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Anthony Rocco Martin	def.	Ramazan Emeev	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Shamil Gamzatov	def.	Klidson Abreu	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight	Magomed Ankalaev	def.	Dalcha Lungiambula	KO (front kick and punch)	3	0:29
Welterweight	Rustam Khabilov	def.	Sergey Khandozhko	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Karl Roberson	def.	Roman Kopylov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	4:01	[a]
Welterweight	David Zawada	def.	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:50
Lightweight	Roosevelt Roberts	def.	Alexander Yakovlev	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Women's Bantamweight	Pannie Kianzad	def.	Jessica-Rose Clark	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Davey Grant	def.	Grigory Popov	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00

1. Kopylov was deducted a point in round 3 due to an accidental eye poke.

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.^[1]

• Fight of the Night: Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Calvin Kattar
• Performance of the Night: Magomed Ankalaev and David Zawada

See also

• Martial arts portal
• Russia portal

• List of UFC events
• 2019 in UFC
• List of current UFC fighters