UFC 171

UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler
A poster or logo for UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 15, 2014 (2014-03-15)
Venue	American Airlines Center
City	Dallas, Texas
Attendance	19,324
Total gate	$2,600,000
Buyrate	300,000
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2

UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler was a mixed martial arts event held on March 15, 2014, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and Glover Teixeira, briefly linked as the event headliner at UFC 169, and UFC 170 was expected to headline this event. However, the fight was postponed and moved to UFC 172.

A Welterweight Championship bout between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship Title headlined the event.

Julianna Peña was expected to face Jéssica Andrade at this event. However, Pena pulled out of the bout citing an injury to the knee and was replaced by Raquel Pennington.

Darrell Montague was expected to face Will Campuzano at this event. However, Montague was forced to pull out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Justin Scoggins.

Thiago Silva was expected to face Ovince St. Preux at this event. However, Silva was removed from the bout due to police apprehension and release for multiple counts of aggravated assault. This led to his subsequent release from the promotion. He was replaced by Nikita Krylov.