The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (also known as
UFC Fight Night 98) was a
mixed martial arts event held on November 5, 2016, at
Arena Ciudad de México in
Mexico City, Mexico
Background A potential lightweight title eliminator bout between former
UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos winner
Tony Ferguson headlined the event. The lightweight finale of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 was contested at the event.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner
Kelvin Gastelum was expected to face
Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout at the event. However, on September 14, Gastelum was removed in favor of a replacement bout against former lightweight title challenger
Donald Cerrone at
UFC 205, one week later. Subsequently, Masvidal was removed from the card entirely rescheduled to face
Jake Ellenberger the following month at
The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale. As a result of the cancellation of
UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn, a bout between
Sam Alvey and
Alex Nicholson was rescheduled for this event.
Guido Cannetti was expected to face
Marco Beltrán in a rematch at the event. The pairing first met at one of
The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America's tournament bouts where Beltrán won a controversial decision. However, on October 29, Cannetti was pulled from the bout after
USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 15. He was replaced by former
Bellator Featherweight Champion and one time
UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger
Joe Soto and the bout was contested at a catchweight of 140 lb. At the event's weigh-ins,
Charles Oliveira failed to make the featherweight limit for his fight with
Ricardo Lamas, coming in nine pounds over the 146 lb weight allowance. He was fined 30 percent of his earnings, and Lamas and promotion officials insisted that Oliveira not weigh more than 160 lb the day of the fight or the fight would be cancelled.
Felipe Arantes also missed weight for his bout against
Erik Pérez, coming in two pounds over the bantamweight weight allowance. He was fined 20 percent of his purse.
Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: •
Fight of the Night: Tony Ferguson vs. Rafael dos Anjos •
Performance of the Night: Ricardo Lamas and
Douglas Silva de Andrade Aftermath On August 21, 2017, it was announced that Cannetti was given a 10-month suspension by USADA, retroactive to October 28, 2016. The provisional suspension came after testing positive for
ostarine,
hydrochlorothiazide and
chlorothiazide. USADA conducted tests on the supplements Cannetti was taking at the time of the sample collection, and concluded that the supplements were tainted. ==See also==