UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs Burns
North Dakota, USA
Attendance: 4,830 (Gate: $734,160)
Critical Rating: 75%, Commercial Rating: 80%

MAIN EVENT

(#2) Tyron Woodley (21-4-1) defeated (#9) Gilbert Burns (18-4) via TKO (Strikes) at 2:46 of Round 1

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#4) Anthony Smith (33-14) defeated (#15) Misha Cirkunov (15-6) via TKO (Strikes) at 1:01 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

Mateusz Gamrot (16-0-1NC) defeated Gray Maynard (14-8-1-1NC) via KO (Kick) at 4:56 of Round 1
(#5) Rafael dos Anjos (30-12) defeated (#19) Alex Oliveira (19-9-1-2NC) via TKO (Leg Kick) at 2:10 of Round 1
(#17) Francisco Trinaldo (25-7) defeated (#14) Beneil Dariush (17-5-1) via Split Decision

PRELIMS

(#19) Michael Johnson (20-15) defeated (#13) Ricardo Lamas (19-9) via Unanimous Decision
(#18) Ricky Simon (16-3) defeated John Moraga (19-8) via TKO (Strikes) at 4:52 of Round 3
Niko Price (15-3-1NC) defeated Muslim Salikhov (17-3) via TKO (Strikes) at 3:01 of Round 1
Aalon Cruz (9-2) defeated Giga Chikadze (8-3) via TKO (Strikes) at 3:21 of Round 1
Vince Morales (10-4) defeated Bruno Gustavo da Silva (11-5-2) via Unanimous Decision
Khama Worthy (16-6) defeated Clay Collard (14-8-1NC) via TKO (Strikes) at 4:17 of Round 1
Andrzej Grzebyk (17-3) defeated Bruno Silva (19-7) via Unanimous Decision
Tony Gravely (20-5) defeated Brandon Moreno (16-6-1) via Unanimous Decision
(#24) Jiri Prochazka (27-3-1) defeated (#25) Ed Herman (24-15-1NC) via Unanimous Decision


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Vince Morales vs Bruno Gustavo da Silva
Knockout of the Night: Mateusz Gamrot (vs Gray Maynard)
Submission of the Night: N/A


Notes:

- On his UFC debut, Jiri Prochazka's win over Ed Herman moved his winning streak to 10.
- Late replacement, Tony Gravely pulled off a massive upset on his UFC debut, beating Brandon Moreno, who was a -910 favourite, via Unanimous Decision.
- Khama Worthy moves to 2-0 in the UFC, both by 1st round stoppage. Clay Collard made his return after a 5 year hiatus for what ended up being his 3rd straight loss, and likely a release.
- Muslim Salikhov's loss ended a 4 fight win streak, while putting Niko Price on a two fight win streak, which includes his last fight, a win over James Vick.
- Ricky Simon snapped a 2 fight losing streak with just 8 seconds left in his fight against John Moraga, a fight which he was losing on the scorecards before the stoppage. He called out Eddie Wineland during his post-fight interview.
- Rafael dos Anjos' leg kicks prove deadly once again, this time rendering Alex 'Cowboy' Oliveira unable to continue due to a knee injury sustained from numerous kicks. This was his 30th career victory.
- Former KSW Lightweight and Featherweight champion, Mateusz Gamrot remained undefeated in his UFC debut, taking out former UFC Lightweight champion, Gray Maynard within a round. Maynard was coming into the fight off the back of a impressive TKO victory in less than 2 minutes over Joe Lauzon but will be back to the drawing board after another loss.
- Tyron Woodley put himself right back in the title talk at Welterweight with his destruction over streaking Gilbert Burns, who was coming into the fight off the back of 5 wins which included wins over Demian Maia and Gunnar Nelson. Woodley will now have to choose to either wait for Usman vs Ponzinibbio to happen, then Leon Edwards after that, then take his shot, or take another fight while he waits.
- The theme of the night seemed to be either the fight was stopped in the first round or went all the way to a decision, with 6 decisions and 7 first round stoppages.


Rankings Changes:

Heavyweight: N/A
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith up to #3, Misha Cirkunov down to #17, Jiri Prochazka up to #21
Middleweight: N/A
Welterweight: Rafael dos Anjos up to #4, Gilbert Burns down to #10, Niko Price up to #20, Alex Oliveira down to #25
Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo up to #14, Beneil Dariush down to #17
Featherweight: Michael Johnson up to #14, Ricardo Lamas down to #15
Bantamweight: Ricky Simon up to #10