UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis


UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 11, 2017, at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

Background

The event marked the first time that the promotion visited the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
A lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis served as the event headliner.
A light heavyweight bout between Jared Cannonier and Antônio Rogério Nogueira was briefly linked to serve as the co-headliner at this event. The fight was rescheduled to take place a month later at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos.
At the weigh ins, Matthew Lopez weighed in at 138.5 pounds, 2.5 pounds over the bantamweight upper limit of 136 pounds. The bout proceeded at a catchweight and Lopez forfeited 20% of his purse to Raphael Assunção.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:
  • Fight of the Night: Dustin Poirier vs. Anthony Pettis
  • Performance of the Night: '''Matt Brown and Raphael Assunção'''

    Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Virginia Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,935,600.
  • Dustin Poirier: $130,000 def. Anthony Pettis: $135,000
  • Matt Brown: $150,000 def. Diego Sanchez: $95,000
  • Andrei Arlovski: $250,000 def. Júnior Albini: $12,000
  • Cezar Ferreira: $78,000 def. Nate Marquardt: $68,000
  • Raphael Assunção: $113,600 def. Matthew Lopez: $26,400 ^
  • Clay Guida: $114,000 def. Joe Lauzon: $62,000
  • Marlon Moraes: $140,000 def. John Dodson: $41,000
  • Tatiana Suarez: $50,000 def. Viviane Pereira: $14,000
  • Sage Northcutt: $120,000 def. Michel Quiñones: $10,000
  • Nina Ansaroff: $36,000 def. Angela Hill: $21,000
  • Sean Strickland: $64,000 def. Court McGee: $35,000
  • Jake Collier: $36,000 def. Marcel Fortuna: $14,000
  • Karl Roberson: $20,000 def. Darren Stewart: $10,000
^ ''Although not included on the initial report, Matthew Lopez was fined 20 percent of his purse for failing to make the required weight for his fight with Raphael Assunção. That money was issued to Assunção, a VDPOR official confirmed.''