| UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27) | |||
| Venue | Rogers Place | |||
| City | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||
| Attendance | 12,144 | |||
| Total gate | $1.4 million | |||
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UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 27, 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Background
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar headlined the event. The pairing was scheduled twice before, first at UFC 218 and then at UFC 222, but scrapped for Edgar and Holloway injuries, respectively.
A women's flyweight bout between former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Lauren Murphy and Mara Romero Borella was initially scheduled for this event. On June 20, matchmakers moved the bout a week ahead to UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler.
A heavyweight bout between Tanner Boser and Giacomo Lemos was scheduled. On July 25, the bout was scrapped due to Lemos testing positive for an unspecified banned substance.
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Max Holloway (c) | def. | Frankie Edgar | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg | def. | Felicia Spencer | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Geoff Neal | def. | Niko Price | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:39 | |
| Lightweight | Arman Tsarukyan | def. | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Krzysztof Jotko | def. | Marc-André Barriault | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Viviane Araújo | def. | Alexis Davis | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Hakeem Dawodu | def. | Yoshinori Horie | TKO (head kick) | 3 | 4:09 | |
| Featherweight | Gavin Tucker | def. | Seung Woo Choi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:17 | |
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Alexandre Pantoja | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Gillian Robertson | def. | Sarah Frota | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 4:13 | |
| Welterweight | Erik Koch | def. | Kyle Stewart | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
- Tucker was deducted a point in Round 2 due to an illegal knee to a downed opponent.
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.
- Fight of the Night: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alexandre Pantoja
- Performance of the Night: Geoff Neal and Hakeem Dawodu
See also
References
- ^ Jon Fuentes (2019-07-28). "UFC 240 Bonuses, Attendance & Gate". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- Thomas Gerbasi (2019-05-15). "Holloway vs. Edgar set to headline UFC 240 in Edmonton". ufc.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Mike Bohn (2019-05-13). "Champ Max Holloway returns to featherweight, meets Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 in Edmonton". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- Steven Marrocco (2017-11-11). "Frankie Edgar injured, off UFC 218 title fight vs. Max Holloway". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Brett Okamoto (2018-02-03). "UFC 222 explores options for main event after Max Holloway injury". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Staff (2018-06-20). "Octagon returns to Newark on August 3". ufc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- Guilherme Cruz (2019-07-26). "Giacomo Lemos fails drug test, out of UFC 240 fight with Tanner Boser". msn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- "UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- Dan Hiergesell (2019-07-28). "UFC 240 Bonuses! Neal's Vicious TKO Finish Leads $50K Winners". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
