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UFC 215
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 was a mixed martial arts event
UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko
produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 9, 2017
2
at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2][3]

Contents
Background
Results
Bonus awards
See also
References

Background
The promotion was initially planning a PPV event for August 19 at a venue to
be in announced in the United States (presumably Seattle), possibly with UFC A poster or logo for UFC 215:
Flyweight Champion and Seattle-area resident Demetrious Johnson. However, Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2.
those plans were nixed on June 26, though an exact reason wasn’t given.[3]
Information
Therefore, an originally scheduled UFC 216 to be held at Rogers Place in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 9 was renamed as UFC 215.[2]
Promotion Ultimate Fighting
Championship
While the UFC has hosted many events across Canada, the event was the first Date September 9, 2017
held in Edmonton (second in Alberta, after UFC 149 in 2012). Zuffa hosted a
Venue Rogers Place
World Extreme Cagefighting event, WEC 49, at Rexall Place in Edmonton in
June 2010.[2] City Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious
Attendance 16,232[1]
Johnson and Ray Borg was expected to serve as the event headliner. If
Total gate $2,028,307[1]
successful in his title defense, Johnson would have become the UFC fighter
with most title defenses of all time, with a total of eleven.[4] In turn, the fight Buyrate 100,000
was canceled a day before the event, as Borg was forced to withdraw from the Event chronology
fight on Thursday evening due to illness. According to multiple sources, Borg
UFC Fight UFC 215: UFC Fight
was battling an illness and was deemed unfit to fight by UFC doctors. His Night: Volkov Nunes vs. Night:
illness was unrelated to his weight cut, sources say.[5] The fight was later vs. Struve Shevchenko Rockhold vs.
2 Branch
rescheduled for UFC 216 the following month.[6]

A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Amanda Nunes and multiple-time muay
thai world champion Valentina Shevchenko took place at this event.[7] The pairing met previously in March 2016 at UFC
196, with Nunes winning by unanimous decision.[8] The pairing was initially expected to meet again at UFC 213.[9]

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However, the bout was canceled just hours before the event started as Nunes pulled out, citing an illness despite being
medically cleared to fight.[10] Due to the cancelation of the Johnson-Borg bout, this fight acted as the new main event.[5]

A women's bantamweight bout between Sara McMann and Ketlen Vieira was expected to take place at UFC 214, but on
July 7 it was announced that the bout was moved to this event.[11]

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos was expected to face Francis Ngannou, but on August 18 it was
announced that he was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential doping violation. He was flagged
after an out-of-competition drug test conducted August 10.[12] Dos Santos tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide and his
team is currently working on testing supplements as a possible source for it.[13] In turn, Ngannou was removed from the
card after promotion officials deemed that a suitable opponent could not be arranged.[14][15]

Results
Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Women's Amanda Valentina Decision (split) (47-48, 48-47, 48- [a]
def. 5 5:00
Bantamweight Nunes (c) Shevchenko 47)
Rafael dos
Welterweight def. Neil Magny Submission (arm-triangle choke) 1 3:43
Anjos
Flyweight Henry Cejudo def. Wilson Reis TKO (punches) 2 0:25
Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi def. Tyson Pedro 3 5:00
28, 30-27)
Jeremy Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-
Featherweight def. Gilbert Melendez 3 5:00
Stephens 26, 30-25)
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Women's
Ketlen Vieira def. Sara McMann Submission (arm-triangle choke) 2 4:16
Bantamweight
Women's Ashlee Evans-
Sarah Moras def. Submission (armbar) 1 2:51
Bantamweight Smith
Decision (unanimous) (30-25, 30-
Featherweight Rick Glenn def. Gavin Tucker 3 5:00
24, 29-27)
Lightweight Alex White def. Mitch Clarke TKO (punches) 2 4:36
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-
Heavyweight Arjan Bhullar def. Luis Henrique 3 5:00
28, 29-28)
Lightweight Kajan Johnson def. Adriano Martins KO (punch) 3 0:49
a. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
[16]

Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[17]

Fight of the Night: Jeremy Stephens vs. Gilbert Melendez

Performance of the Night: Rafael dos Anjos and Henry Cejudo

See also
List of UFC events
2017 in UFC

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References
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9-in-edmonton). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
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2017/06/with-aug-19-event-scrapped-edmonton-now-hosts-ufc-215-on-sept-9). mmajunkie.com. Retrieved
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15-in-edmonton-1.809726). tsn.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
5. Ariel Helwani (2017-09-08). "Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg UFC 215 main event canceled" (https://www.mmafigh
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6. Shaun Al-Shatti (2017-09-13). "Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg rebooked for UFC 216" (https://www.mmafighting.c
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8. Ben Fowlkes (2016-03-05). "UFC 196 results: Amanda Nunes outlasts Valentina Shevchenko for decision win" (http://
mmajunkie.com/2016/03/ufc-196-results-amanda-nunes-outlasts-valentina-shevchenko-for-decision-win).
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9. Brandon Wise (2017-05-12). "UFC 213: Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko title fight set for July" (http://www.c
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15941740/amanda-nunes-ill-out-of-ufc-213-main-event). mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
11. Staff (2017-07-07). "Sara McMann vs. Ketlen Vieira moved to UFC 215 in Edmonton" (https://www.mmafighting.com/2
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