UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis (also known as UFC on Fox 24) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 15, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.^[2][3]

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis
The poster for UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 15, 2017
Venue	Sprint Center
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance	12,171[1]
Total gate	$1,081,193 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov

Background

The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in the state of Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area.^[2]

A UFC Flyweight Championship match between current champion Demetrious Johnson and Wilson Reis headlined this event.^[4] The pairing was originally booked for UFC 201, but Johnson pulled out due to an undisclosed injury and the bout was scrapped.^[5]

UFC officials were initially targeting a featherweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan Barão and Choi Doo-ho to serve as the event headliner.^[6] However, as the announcement of the pairing began to circulate, Choi declined the bout, and as a result, Barao was rescheduled against a different opponent at another event.^[7]

Results

Main Card (Fox)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Wilson Reis	Submission (armbar)	3	4:49	[a]
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	def.	Michelle Waterson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:47
Middleweight	Robert Whittaker	def.	Ronaldo Souza	TKO (head kick and punches)	2	3:28
Featherweight	Renato Moicano	def.	Jeremy Stephens	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Fox)
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Roy Nelson	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Tom Duquesnoy	def.	Patrick Williams	TKO (elbow and punch)	2	0:28
Lightweight	Rashid Magomedov	def.	Bobby Green	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	def.	Louis Smolka	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	def.	Augusto Mendes	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Devin Clark	def.	Jake Collier	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Anthony Smith	def.	Andrew Sanchez	KO (head kick and punches)	3	3:52
Welterweight	Zak Cummings	def.	Nathan Coy	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:21
Women's Bantamweight	Ketlen Vieira	def.	Ashlee Evans-Smith	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00

1. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.

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Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:^[9]

• Fight of the Night: Tim Elliott vs. Louis Smolka
• Performance of the Night: Demetrious Johnson and Robert Whittaker

Records set

With his win, Johnson tied Anderson Silva's record for most consecutive title defenses (10).^[10]

See also

• 2017 in UFC
• List of UFC events