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Attendance
  
11,589

Date
  
15 January 2017

Total gate
  
$913,372.75

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UFC Fight Night Rodríguez vs. Penn
  
UFC on Fox Shevchenko vs. Peña

Venue
  
Talking Stick Resort Arena

Location
  
Talking Stick Resort Arena, Central City, Arizona, United States

Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Other Instances
  
UFC 208, UFC Fight Night: Bermude, UFC on Fox: Shevche, UFC 207, UFC Fight Night: Bader vs

UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn (also known as UFC Fight Night 103) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on January 15, 2017 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona

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Background

This was the second event the organization hosted in Phoenix.

A featherweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn served as the event headliner. This was Penn's first fight in the organization in over two-and-a-half years.

Erik Koch was expected to face Tony Martin at the event. However, Koch pulled out of the fight on December 12 citing injury and was replaced by Alex White.

Damian Grabowski was expected to face Viktor Pešta at the event. However, Grabowski was removed from the bout on December 21 for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Oleksiy Oliynyk.

On December 29, two bouts suffered alterations: Jussier Formiga pulled out from his bout against Sergio Pettis and Jordan Rinaldi from his bout against Devin Powell. They were replaced by former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger John Moraga and promotional newcomer Drakkar Klose, respectively.

Bryan Caraway was expected to face Jimmie Rivera at the event. However, Caraway pulled out of the bout on January 4 citing an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Marlon Vera. Eventually, Rivera pulled from the fight as he felt going from a top-5 ranked fighter to an unranked one wouldn't make sense at that moment.

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:

  • Fight of the Night: Augusto Mendes vs. Frankie Saenz
  • Performance of the Night: Yair Rodríguez and Oleksiy Oliynyk

    • Reported payout

    The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Arizona Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $841,000.

  • Yair Rodríguez: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000
  • Joe Lauzon: $116,000 (includes $58,000 win bonus) def. Marcin Held: $20,000
  • Ben Saunders: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Court McGee: $35,000
  • Sergio Pettis: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus) def. John Moraga: $28,000
  • Drakkar Klose: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Devin Powell: $10,000
  • Augusto Mendes: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Frankie Saenz: $20,000
  • Oleksiy Oliynyk: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Viktor Pešta: $10,000
  • Tony Martin: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Alex White: $14,000
  • Nina Ansaroff: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger: $10,000
  • Walt Harris: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Chase Sherman: $10,000
  • Joachim Christensen: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Bojan Mihajlović: $10,000
  • Cyril Asker: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Dmitrii Smoliakov: $10,000

    • References

    UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn Wikipedia
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