UFC Fight Night: Tampa, Covington vs Buckley, December 14

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UFC Fight Night: Tampa or UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Buckley took place on December 14, 2024, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. It was headlined by a welterweight fight between Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley.

The prelims card of this event started at 7 PM ET on ESPNNews while the main card started at 10 PM ET on ESPN2 in the United States. The complete event was available to stream on ESPN+.

FIGHT CARD

PRELIMS

Fight 1: Josefine Knutsson vs Piera Rodriguez – Women’s Strawweight Bout
Winner: Piera Rodriguez won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Fight 2: Davey Grant vs Ramon Taveras – Bantamweight Bout
Winner: Davey Grant won via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Fight 3: Miranda Maverick vs Jamey-Lyn Horth – Women’s Flyweight Bout
Winner: Miranda Maverick won via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fight 4: Miles Johns vs Felipe Lima – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Felipe Lima won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Fight 5: Sean Woodson vs Fernando Padilla – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Sean Woodson won via TKO (punches) at 4:48 of Round 1
Fight 6: Joel Álvarez vs Drakkar Klose – Lightweight Bout
Winner: Joel Alvarez won via KO (punches) at 2:48 of Round 1
Fight 7: Michael Johnson vs Ottman Azaitar – Lightweight Bout
Winner: Michael Johnson won via KO (punches) at 2:03 of Round 2

MAIN CARD

Fight 8: Navajo Stirling vs Tuco Tokkos – Light Heavyweight Bout
Winner: Navajo Stirling won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Fight 9: Adrian Yanez vs Daniel Marcos – Bantamweight Bout
Winner: Daniel Marcos won via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)
Fight 10: Vitor Petrino vs Dustin Jacoby – Light Heavyweight Bout
Winner: Dustin Jacoby won via KO (punch) at 3:44 of round 3
Fight 11: Manel Kape vs Bruno Silva – Flyweight Bout
Winner: Manel Kape won via TKO at 1:57 of round 3
Fight 12: Cub Swanson vs Billy Quarantillo – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Cub Swanson won via KO at 1:36 of round 3
Fight 13: Colby Covington vs Joaquin Buckley – Welterweight Bout
Winner: Joaquin Buckley won via TKO at 4:42 of round 3

CANCELED BOUT

Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas (moved to UFC event on January 11, 2025)
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Song Yadong(Yadong pulled out due to injury)
Ian Machado Garry vs Joaquin Buckley(Garry moved to UFC 310 to face Shavkat Rakhmonov)
Tracy Cortez vs Miranda Maverick(Cortez pulled out due to health issues & surgery)
Said Nurmagomedov vs Daniel Marcos(Nurmagomedov pulled out due to unknown reason)

NOTES

This was the fourth UFC Fight Night event to take place in Tampa, FL.

First, a bantamweight bout between Umar Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong was reported to headline this event. But, the bout was never officially announced and Yadong eventually suffered an injury which caused those plans to be scrapped. A welterweight bout between Ian Garry Machado and Joaquin Buckley was announced to be the main event. But, with UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad pulling out of UFC 310 main event with an injury, Garry was moved to face Shavkat Rakhmonov in a 5-round co-main event. Colby Covington was then brought in to replace Garry to face Buckley.

Women’s flyweights Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick were rebooked to fight at this event. But, Cortez had to pull out of the event due to health issues which required surgery.

A bantamweight bout between Said Nurmagomedov and Daniel Marcos was announced for the event. But, Nurmagomedov pulled out of the bout with unknown reason. Adrian Yanez came in as his replacement.

A rematch betweem Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas bout was booked for this event. However, it was later moved to headline UFC Fight Night event on January 11, 2025.

Debut: Navajo Stirling

Performance Awards: The following fighters earned $50,000 in performance bonuses:

Fight of the Night: Cub Swanson vs Billy Quarantillo
Performance of the Night: Dustin Jacoby and Michael Johnson