UFC 169
| UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber II | ||||
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A poster or logo for UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber II.
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 1, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Prudential Center | |||
| City | Newark, New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 14,308 | |||
| Total gate | $1.651 million | |||
| Buyrate | 230,000 | |||
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UFC 169: Barão vs. Faber II was a mixed martial arts event held on February 1, 2014, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and #1 contender Glover Teixeira was briefly linked as the event headliner. However, just days after the announcement, Dana White indicated that "the timing didn't work out" for the pairing and that fight would take place at a later event.
The event was expected to be headlined by the long awaited return of the Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz. However, on January 6, UFC President Dana White announced that Cruz had torn his groin in training and pulled from the fight. Cruz has also vacated his title, making Barão the undisputed bantamweight champion. Stepping up to replace Cruz was Urijah Faber, in a rematch of their interim title bout at UFC 149.
Co-featured on the card was UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo, who defended his title against top contender Ricardo Lamas.
A heavyweight bout between Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem, scheduled to take place at UFC 167, was moved to this event.
Bobby Green was expected to face Abel Trujillo at this event. However, Green pulled out of the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner.
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