UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping

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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)
VenueAllphones Arena
CitySydney, Australia
Attendance9,904[1]
Total gate$1.5 million[1]
Event chronology
UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux

UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping (also known as UFC Fight Night 55, or UFC Fight Night Sydney) was a mixed martial arts event held at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia on November 8, 2014.[2][3]

Background

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This event was the fourth event that the UFC hosted in Sydney and the sixth event to take place in Australia. The last time the UFC was in Sydney was for UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann on March 3, 2012.[2]

Ray Borg was expected to face Richie Vaculik at this event. However, Borg was forced to pull out of the event due to injury and was replaced by Neil Seery.[4] Subsequently, Seery pulled out of that bout as well and was replaced by Louis Smolka.[5]

Patrick Williams was expected to face Jumabieke Tuerxun at the event. However, Williams was forced out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by Marcus Brimage.[6]

A scheduled featherweight bout between Mark Eddiva and Mike De La Torre was cancelled after both fighters suffered injuries.[7]

Daniel Omielańczuk was expected to face Soa Palelei at this event. However, Omielańczuk was forced to pull out of this event due to injury and was replaced by Walt Harris.[8]

Aljamain Sterling was expected to face Frankie Saenz, though Saenz was forced to withdraw from the bout. Promotional newcomer Michael Imperato was briefly linked as a replacement. However, his signing was quickly rescinded[9] and as a result, Sterling was pulled from the event altogether.[10]

Results

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Fight card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Luke Rockhold def. Michael Bisping Submission (guillotine choke) 2 0:57
Lightweight Al Iaquinta def. Ross Pearson TKO (punches) 2 1:39
Middleweight Robert Whittaker def. Clint Hester TKO (knee and punches) 2 2:43
Heavyweight Soa Palelei def. Walt Harris TKO (punches) 2 4:49
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Jake Matthews def. Vagner Rocha Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 1:52
Light Heavyweight Anthony Perosh def. Guto Inocente Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:46
Middleweight Sam Alvey def. Dylan Andrews KO (punches) 1 2:16
Flyweight Louis Smolka def. Richie Vaculik TKO (side kick and punches) 3 0:18 [a]
Welterweight Chris Clements def. Vik Grujic TKO (punches) 1 3:06
Middleweight Dan Kelly def. Luke Zachrich Submission (kimura) 1 4:27
Bantamweight Marcus Brimage def. Zhumabek Tursyn KO (head kick) 1 2:58
  1. ^ Smolka did not make the 126 pound flyweight limit, weighing in at 127 pounds.

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Bonus awards

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The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses:[12]

  • Fight of the Night: Robert Whittaker vs. Clint Hester
  • Performance of the Night: Luke Rockhold and Louis Smolka

Aftermath

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The event holds the record of having the most finishes on a single modern UFC card with 11 finishes, for a rate of 1.000.[13] UFC 224 would later tie this record on May 12, 2018, but at a finishing rate of 0.846.[14] UFC 281 on November 12, 2022 and UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho on September 6, 2025 also had eleven finishes to tie this record.

See also

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