UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant


UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant was a mixed martial arts event held on December 10, 2015, at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

The event was expected to be headlined by a women's strawweight bout between Paige VanZant and Joanne Calderwood. However on October 28, Calderwood was forced to pull out of the event and was replaced by Rose Namajunas.
The event was the first that the promotion has hosted at the venue and the first of three events in as many days in the Las Vegas Valley. It also marked the first North American card to air live exclusively on their subscription-based digital network, UFC Fight Pass.
A welterweight bout between Sheldon Westcott and Edgar García, originally scheduled for this event was moved to UFC 195.
Lyman Good was expected to face Omari Akhmedov at the event. However, Good was pulled from the bout in late October and was replaced by Sérgio Moraes.
Michael Graves was expected to face Danny Roberts at the event. However, Graves pulled out of the bout on November 30 citing an injury and was replaced by Nathan Coy.

Results

Bonus Awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:
  • Fight of the Night: Jim Miller vs. Michael Chiesa
  • Performance of the Night: Rose Namajunas and '''Tim Means'''

    Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.
  • Rose Namajunas: $54,000 def. Paige VanZant: $40,000
  • Michael Chiesa: $60,000 def. Jim Miller: $56,000
  • Sage Northcutt: $80,000 def. Cody Pfister: $12,000
  • Thiago Santos: $38,000 def. Elias Theodorou: $20,000
  • Tim Means: $54,000 def. John Howard: $27,000
  • Sérgio Moraes: $28,000 def. Omari Akhmedov: $14,000
  • Kevin Casey: $28,000 vs. Antônio Carlos Júnior: $19,000 ^
  • Aljamain Sterling: $28,000 def. Johnny Eduardo: $14,000
  • Santiago Ponzinibbio: $26,000 def. Andreas Ståhl: $10,000
  • Danny Roberts: $20,000 def. Nathan Coy: $10,000
  • Zubaira Tukhugov: $24,000 def. Phillipe Nover: $14,000
  • Kailin Curran: $20,000 def. Emily Kagan: $10,000
^ ''Both fighters earned show money ; bout declared No Contest.''