UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi
| Company type | Sporting event |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mixed martial arts |
| Founded | February 15, 2014 |
| Headquarters | Jaraguá do Sul , Brazil |
| Products | Mixed martial arts fights |
| Website | www |
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi, also identified as UFC Fight Night 36, took place on February 15, 2014, at the Arena Jaraguá located in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. The event was aired live via Fox Sports 1.
Background
The main event featured a middleweight clash between former champions Lyoto Machida and Gegard Mousasi.
Originally, veteran fighter Nate Loughran was set to compete against Erick Silva, but due to injury, he withdrew and was substituted by promotional debutant Takenori Sato. Similarly, Zubaira Tukhugov was scheduled to fight Thiago Tavares, who also pulled out because of injury; UFC newcomer Douglas Silva de Andrade stepped in as his replacement.
This event marked the introduction of an updated post-fight bonus system: while the Fight of the Night award continued, the previous Submission of the Night and Knockout of the Night bonuses were replaced with two Performance of the Night awards given to standout individual performances during the event.
Results
{{MMAevent bout |Featherweight |Felipe Arantes |def. |Maximo Blanco |Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 |} }
{{MMAevent bout |Featherweight |Zubaira Tukhugov |def. |Douglas Silva de Andrade |get Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) |} 3 |5:00 |}
Bonus awards
Monetary bonuses of $50,000 were granted to:
- Fight of the Night: Lyoto Machida vs. Gegard Mousasi
- Performance of the Night: Erick Silva and Charles Oliveira
Records set
This card equaled the UFC record for the highest number of decisions with ten bouts going to judges’ scorecards, and established a new mark for total fight duration at 2 hours, 53 minutes, and 32 seconds. These records were eventually broken by UFC 263 in June 2021, which featured eleven decisions and exceeded three hours of fight time.