UFC Fight Night 18

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 Bonus Awards
6 UFC Event Chronology
7 External Links

Background

UFC Fight Night 18 (aka Ultimate Fight Night 18 and UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann) is a 11-bout fight card that is set to take place on April 1, 2009 at the Sommet Center in Nashville, TN.

The card will air live on Spike TV at 9pm Pacific/Eastern.

The card will be headlined by a welterweight bout between the last ever WEC welterweight champion, Carlos Condit and rising Xtreme Couture welterweight, Martin Kampmann.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Tim McKenzie vs. Aaron Simpson
Middleweight Bout: Tim Credeur vs. Nick Catone
Middleweight Bout: Rob Kimmons vs. Joe Vedepo
Middleweight Bout: Nissen Osterneck vs. Jorge Rivera
Welterweight Bout: Brock Larson vs. Jesse Sanders
Middleweight Bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Horwich
Lightweight Bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Jeremy Stephens

Main Card

Lightweight Bout: Junie Browning vs. Cole Miller
Light Heavyweight Bout: Ryan Bader vs. Carmelo Marrero
Lightweight Bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Welterweight Bout: Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann

Pre-Event Notes

This will mark Carlos Condit's first UFC fight since being transferred from the WEC's now defunct welterweight division.

This is also the first fight since winning The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir for Ryan Bader.

TUF 8 lightweight winner Efrain Escudero had to pull out of his lightweight match-up against Jeremy Stephens due to injury and was replacement by Brazilian, Gleison Tibau.

The fight between Ryan Jensen and Steve Steinbeiss was scrapped a day prior to the event as Jensen was removed due to the substance Aderall being in his system. No replacement was found for Steinbeiss, who received his show and win bonus for his troubles.

Jeremy Stephens weighed in at 158 lbs., two pounds over the allowed weight while Gleison Tibau weighed in half a pound over. Instead of forcing either fighter to make weight, the bout was changed to a catchweight bout of 158 lbs.

Results

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Aaron Simpson defs. Tim McKenzie via TKO (punches) at 1:40 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Tim Credeur defs. Nick Catone via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:45 of round 2.
Middleweight Bout: Rob Kimmons defs. Joe Vedepo via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 1:54 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Jorge Rivera defs. Nissen Osterneck via unanimous decision.
Welterweight Bout: Brock Larson defs. Jesse Sanders via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:01 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Ricardo Almeida defs. Matt Horwich via unanimous decision.
Catchweight Bout: Gleison Tibau defs. Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision.

Main Card

Lightweight Bout: Cole Miller defs. Junie Browning via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:58 of round 1.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Ryan Bader defs. Carmelo Marrero via unanimous decision.
Lightweight Bout: Tyson Griffin defs. Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision.
Welterweight Bout: Martin Kampmann defs. Carlos Condit via split decision.