- Saturday 09.27.2014 at 10:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Fox Sports 1
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,200,000
- Attendance: 10,544
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 205,000 | TV Ratings: 697,000 avg. viewers (FS1 prelims)
- MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card
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UFC Flyweight Championship
Submission, Kimura
2:29 Round 2 of 5, 7:29 Total11Main Event
125
5 x 5 | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Performance of the NightConor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier | $50,000 bonus to McGregor
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Fight of the NightTim Kennedy vs. Yoel Romero | $50,000 bonus to each fighter
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Performance of the NightDominick Cruz vs. Takeya Mizugaki | $50,000 bonus to Cruz
Referees
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Herb Dean
Johnson vs. Cariaso (11), McGregor vs. Poirier (9), Masvidal vs. Krause (5) -
John McCarthy
Alvarez vs. Cerrone (10), Kennedy vs. Romero (8) -
Jason Herzog
Zingano vs. Nunes (7), Thompson vs. Cote (4), Lee vs. Tuck (2) -
Chris Tognoni
Cruz vs. Mizugaki (6), Howard vs. Ebersole (3), Gamburyan vs. Gibson (1)
Consensus Rankings Rankings FAQ
Fight Predictions
Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC 178 is closed for new predictions. 1,550 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.
Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC 178 Leaderboard
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99%1%
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57%43%
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71%29%
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46%54%
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93%7%
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92%8%
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91%9%
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79%21%
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21%79%
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46%54%