Completed MMA Event

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

UFC 245
  • Saturday 12.14.2019 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN 2
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: T-Mobile Arena
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $4,041,119
  • Attendance: 16,811
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: N/A | TV Ratings: 865,000 avg. viewers (ESPN 2 prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Petr Yan vs. Urijah Faber   |   $50,000 bonus to Yan
  • Performance of the Night
    Ketlen Vieira vs. Irene Aldana   |   $50,000 bonus to Aldana

Referees

  • Marc Goddard
    Usman vs. Covington (13)Aldo vs. Moraes (10)Heinisch vs. Akhmedov (6)Eye vs. Araujo (2)
  • Jason Herzog
    Holloway vs. Volkanovski (12)Vieira vs. Aldana (7)Teymur vs. Hooper (4)
  • Keith Peterson
    Nunes vs. de Randamie II (11)Yan vs. Faber (9)Brown vs. Saunders (5)
  • Chris Tognoni
    Perry vs. Neal (8)Moreno vs. Kara-France (3)Soriano vs. Piechota (1)

Event Discussion

freemoneyforall
freemoneyforall

12.16.2019 | 8:48 PM ET

Sorry for the whole killing u thing...
freemoneyforall
freemoneyforall

12.16.2019 | 9:14 PM ET



mickey420
mickey420

12.16.2019 | 9:20 PM ET




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Fight Predictions

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