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UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2
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A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
Venue Ginásio do Ibirapuera
City São Paulo, Brazil
Attendance 9,028
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 100) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 19, 2016 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil

The event was initially expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Alexander Gustafsson and Antônio Rogério Nogueira The promotion had previously scheduled the pairing as main event on two other occasions. First in April 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva and again in March 2014 at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa. On both instances Nogueira pulled out due to injury. However on September 30, Gustafsson pulled out of the bout citing an injury of his own. In turn, he was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir light heavyweight winner Ryan Bader. Bader defeated Nogueira in their previous encounter six years prior at UFC 119 by unanimous decision.

Michael Graves was scheduled to face Sergio Moraes on the card. However, Graves was removed from the fight on October 3 after he was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge. He was replaced by Zak Ottow.

Matheus Nicolau was expected to face Ulka Sasaki at the event. However on November 3, Nicolau was pulled from the bout after USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 13. In turn, Sasaki was pulled from the event entirely and will be rescheduled for a future event


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