Completed MMA Event

UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw

UFC 173
  • Saturday 05.24.2014 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: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $1,700,000
  • Attendance: 11,036
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 215,000 | TV Ratings: 697,000 avg. viewers (FS1 prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Renan Barão vs. T.J. Dillashaw   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Renan Barão vs. T.J. Dillashaw   |   $50,000 bonus to Dillashaw
  • Performance of the Night
    Al Iaquinta vs. Mitch Clarke   |   $50,000 bonus to Clarke

Referees

  • Herb Dean
    Barão vs. Dillashaw (12)Lawler vs. Ellenberger (10)Chiesa vs. Trinaldo (7)
  • Yves Lavigne
    Cormier vs. Henderson (11)Mizugaki vs. Rivera Jr. (9)Ferguson vs. Kikuno (6)
  • Jason Herzog
    Varner vs. Krause (8)Iaquinta vs. Clarke (4)Sicilia vs. Phillips (2)
  • Mark Smith
    Holdsworth vs. Camus (5)Njokuani vs. Pichel (3)Michaud vs. Li (1)

Fight Predictions

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Wiki

UFC 173 Wiki

Attendance: 11,036
Live Gate: $1,700,000

Average ticket price: $154.04


Total fight time: 2:34:28

Average fight time: 12:87

Betting favorites went 7-5


# of fighters making UFC debut: 3

# of undefeated fighters: 3


# of decisions: 6
# of T/KOs: 4

# of Submissions: 2


Fights by weight class:

HW:   0

LHW: 1

MW: 0

WW: 2

LW:  5

FW:  1

BW:  3

FLW: 0

WBW: 0
  • T.J. Dillashaw: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Renan Barão: $74,000
  • Daniel Cormier: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus) def. Dan Henderson: $100,000
  • Robbie Lawler: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Jake Ellenberger: $68,000
  • Takeya Mizugaki: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Francisco Rivera: $15,000
  • James Krause: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Jamie Varner: $17,000
  • Michael Chiesa: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Francisco Trinaldo: $12,000
  • Tony Ferguson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Katsunori Kikuno: $10,000
  • Chris Holdsworth: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Chico Camus: $12,000
  • Mitch Clarke: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Al Iaquinta: $14,000
  • Vinc Pichel: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Njokuani: $20,000
  • Sam Sicilia: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Aaron Phillips: $8,000
  • Li Jingliang: $16,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. David Michaud: $8,000

Last updated 12.24.2014, 11:28 AM ET
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