UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold (also known as UFC on FX 8 and as UFC no Combate 2 in Brazil) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil.  The event was broadcast live on Fuel TV and FX.

Background
The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between multi-divisional contender Vitor Belfort and the final Strikeforce Middleweight Champion and promotional newcomer Luke Rockhold.

Manvel Gamburyan was expected to face Hacran Dias at the event.  However, Gamburyan was forced to pull out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Nik Lentz.

Marcos Vinícius was expected to face Yuri Alcantara at the event. However, Vinicius was forced out of the bout citing an injury and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Iliarde Santos

Cezar Ferreira was originally scheduled to face CB Dollaway.  However, on April 1, it was revealed that Dollaway had to withdraw from the bout due to injury and he was replaced by Chris Camozzi. Then on April 7, it was confirmed that Ferreira had pulled out of the fight as well, citing an injury and was replaced by Rafael Natal.

Costa Philippou had to withdraw from his fight against Ronaldo Souza, after suffering a cut above his eye, and was replaced by Chris Camozzi.  While Camozzi's scheduled opponent Rafael Natal will face promotional newcomer Joao Zeferino.

Paulo Thiago was originally expected to face Lance Benoist. However, on April 20, it was announced that Benoist had to pull out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer Michel Prazeres.

Results

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|Middleweight
|Vitor Belfort 
|def.
|Luke Rockhold
|KO (spinning heel kick and punches)
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:32
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|Middleweight
|Ronaldo Souza
|def.
|Chris Camozzi
|Submission (arm triangle choke)
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:37
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|-
|Lightweight
|Rafael dos Anjos
|def.
|Evan Dunham
|Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|
|-
|Middleweight
|Rafael Natal
|def.
|Joao Zeferino
|Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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|-
!colspan="9"|Preliminary card (Fuel TV)
|-
|Featherweight
|Nik Lentz
|def.
|Hacran Dias
|Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 28-27)
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|
|-
|Lightweight
|Francisco Trinaldo
|def.
|Mike Rio
|Submission (arm triangle choke)
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:08
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|-
|Lightweight
|Gleison Tibau
|def.
|John Cholish
|Submission (guillotine choke) 		
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:34 
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|-
|Welterweight
|Paulo Thiago
|def.
|Michel Prazeres
|Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|
|-
|Bantamweight
|Yuri Alcantara
|def.
|Iliarde Santos
|TKO (punches)
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:31
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|-
|Light Heavyweight
|Fabio Maldonado
|def.
|Roger Hollett
|Decision (unanimous) (29-27, 29-28, 29-27)	
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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|-
!colspan="9"|Preliminary card (Facebook)
|-
|Flyweight
|John Lineker
|def.
|Azamat Gashimov
|TKO (punches) 
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:07
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|-
|Flyweight
|Jussier Formiga
|def.
|Chris Cariaso
|Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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|-
|Lightweight
|Lucas Martins
|def.
|Jeremy Larsen
|KO (punch) 
|align=center|3
|align=center|0:13
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|-
|}

Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

 Fight of the Night:  Lucas Martins and Jeremy Larsen
 Knockout of the Night: Vitor Belfort
 Submission of the Night: Ronaldo Souza

Related pages
List of UFC events
2013 in UFC

References

Other websites 
Official UFC past events page 
UFC events results at Sherdog.com

Ultimate Fighting Championship events
2013 in mixed martial arts
2010s in Brazil
May 2013 events