UFC 177
| UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto | ||||
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A poster or logo for UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto.
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 30, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Sleep Train Arena | |||
| City | Sacramento, California | |||
| Attendance | 11,100 | |||
| Total gate | $700,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 125,000 | |||
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UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto was a mixed martial arts event held on August 30, 2014 at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California.
The event was originally planned to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between the champion at the time Jon Jones and challenger Alexander Gustafsson targeted as the event headliner. However, that bout was pushed back a month and scheduled to headline UFC 178.
A Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Renan Barão was expected to headline this show. Their first fight, contested at UFC 173, ended in a fifth round TKO victory for Dillashaw. However, the day of the weigh ins, Barão had to be admitted to the hospital as a result of his attempts to cut weight. Dillashaw faced UFC newcomer Joe Soto in the main event. Subsequently, Soto's opponent, Anthony Birchak, was removed from the card entirely.
Demetrious Johnson was expected to defend his Flyweight Championship against Chris Cariaso in the co-main event. However, on August 12, it was announced that bout would be moved to headline UFC 178 after Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier was delayed due to injury.
As a result of the cancellation of UFC 176, bouts between Danny Castillo vs. Tony Ferguson, Lorenz Larkin vs. Derek Brunson and Bethe Correia vs. Shayna Baszler were rescheduled for this event.
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