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UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on March 15, 2014 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Official fight card
Fight card
Welterweight Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
Welterweight Carlos Condit vs. Tyron Woodley UFC Welterweight Title Eliminator
Lightweight Diego Sanchez vs. Myles Jury
Welterweight Jake Shields vs. Hector Lombard
Light Heavyweight Ovince St. Preux vs. Nikita Krylov
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Kelvin Gastelum vs. Rick Story
Women's Bantamweight Raquel Pennington vs. Jessica Andrade
Featherweight Dennis Bermudez vs. Jimy Hettes
Welterweight Sean Spencer vs. Alex Garcia
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Renee Forte vs. Frank Trevino
Flyweight Will Campuzano vs. Justin Scoggins
Middleweight Robert McDaniel vs Sean Strickland
Featherweight Daniel Pineda vs. Robert Whiteford
Background
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 yet again.
A Welterweight Championship bout between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship Title will now headline the event.
Julianna Pena was expected to face Jessica Andrade at this event. However, Pena pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Raquel Pennington.
Will Campuzano was expected to face Darrell Montague at this event. However, Montague was forced to pull out of the bout citing and injury and as 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 multiple counts of aggravated assault, which led to his subsequent release from the promotion. He was replaced by Nikita Krylov.
Tor Troeng was expected to face Robert McDaniel at this event. However, Troeng was forced out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer Sean Strickland.
Mar 05 - Updated fight card & background