UFC on ESPN 1 took place on Sunday night with the whole card airing on the main network. The event took place at The Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Fight of the Night went to Vincente Luque and Bryan Barbaerena in a heavy-hitting welterweight matchup. Luque outlasted Barbarena with seconds to spare in the third-round. In addition, Luke Sanders KO’d Renan Barao and Kron Gracie choked out Alex Caceres in the first round to earn the Performance bonuses. All received an additional $50K.
14,269 fans attended the event and drew a gate of $1,409,447. The numbers were announced post-event.
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The obvious disappointment of the night was Cain Velasquez losing within the first 30 seconds of the main event to Francis Ngannou in what looked like a knee injury more than damage. This put a damper on an event that had some great fights during the night despite a fickle Phoenix crowd.
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