UFC Fight Night 156: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 | Event Profile, Full Results & Legacy

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. First UFC in Uruguay — Shevchenko’s Revenge Tour

3. Quick Stats

4. Main Event: Shevchenko’s 50-45 Sweep of Carmouche

5. Luque’s FotN War, Oezdemir’s PoN, Gane’s Debut & The Card

6. Full Results

7. Bonuses & Awards

8. Records & Milestones

9. Legacy & Impact

10. FAQ

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Introduction

UFC Fight Night 156: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 took place on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay — broadcast live on ESPN+ as ESPN+ 14. The card drew 9,225 fans. It was the first UFC event in Uruguay, the promotion’s 24th country. The main event was a UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship bout between champion Valentina Shevchenko and challenger Liz Carmouche — a rematch from their 2010 regional fight, which Carmouche had won by second-round doctor stoppage.

Shevchenko defeated Carmouche by unanimous decision (50-45x3) to retain her title and avenge her only regional circuit loss. Vicente Luque and Mike Perry earned Fight of the Night for their bloody welterweight exchange. Volkan Oezdemir and Veronica Macedo each earned Performance of the Night. Ciryl Gane made his UFC debut with a first-round arm-triangle submission. Rodolfo Vieira made his UFC debut with a second-round arm-triangle submission. Luiz Eduardo Garagorri won his UFC debut in his home country of Uruguay.

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First UFC in Uruguay — Shevchenko’s Revenge Tour

Antel Arena is Uruguay’s premier indoor events venue, holding approximately 12,000. The 9,225 attendance was a strong result for a first UFC visit to a South American country outside Brazil and Argentina. The Uruguay card’s headline narrative was built entirely on a single historical data point: on September 18, 2010, at C3 Fights: Red River Rivalry in Dallas, Texas, Liz Carmouche defeated Valentina Shevchenko by second-round TKO via doctor stoppage. That result was the only non-Nunes loss on Shevchenko’s professional record entering Montevideo.

The nine-year gap between Carmouche’s 2010 win and the 2019 rematch had produced dramatically different career trajectories. Shevchenko had won the UFC Women’s FW title at UFC 196, then moved to FLW, won the inaugural UFC Women’s FLW Championship at UFC 228, and made her first title defense at UFC 238. She had gone 10-2 since the 2010 Carmouche fight, with losses only to Amanda Nunes. Carmouche had gone 9-3 since 2010 and had been the first opponent ever booked against Ronda Rousey at UFC 157 in February 2013.

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Quick Stats

📅 Date: Saturday, August 10, 2019 (FIRST UFC IN URUGUAY — 24th country; ESPN+ 14)

📍 Venue: Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay

👥 Attendance: 9,225

📺 Broadcast: ESPN+ 14 (ESPN+ streaming)

🏆 Main Event: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche 2 — UFC Women’s FLW Championship (5 rounds; REMATCH from 2010 regional fight Carmouche won by R2 TKO doctor stoppage; Shevchenko avenging FIRST CAREER LOSS!)

✅ Result: Shevchenko def. Carmouche via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) — 5 rounds (REVENGE; Shevchenko 2nd successful title defense; 50-45 = 5 rounds all won)

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Main Event: Shevchenko’s 50-45 Sweep of Carmouche

The 50-45 unanimous decision — five rounds to zero from all three judges — reflected a competitive result that was never close. Shevchenko’s nine-year development between the 2010 Carmouche loss and the 2019 Montevideo rematch had produced elite-level grappling, striking, and tactical sophistication. Carmouche’s grappling and durability produced competitive individual moments across rounds, but Shevchenko’s technique quality across all areas of competition produced the clean 50-45 margin.

The result was described as a dominant performance rather than a satisfying spectacle — the ‘major disappointment’ framing in some media reflected the expectation that a fighter who had previously beaten Shevchenko might produce a more competitive rematch. Shevchenko’s improvement had been so substantial over nine years that the competitive context of the 2010 result was effectively irrelevant to the 2019 championship fight.

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Luque’s FotN War, Oezdemir’s PoN, Gane’s Debut & The Card

Vicente Luque and Mike Perry’s welterweight Fight of the Night was the Montevideo card’s most action-commercially resonant individual result. The two fighters combined for 171 significant strikes. Perry broke his nose from Luque’s knee strike. Luque applied a guillotine choke late in the fight that did not produce a submission but demonstrated his grappling quality. Luque’s split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) was his sixth consecutive win, making him one of the WW division’s most dangerous active finishers.

Ciryl Gane’s arm-triangle choke of Raphael Pessoa at 4:12 of round one in his UFC debut was the Montevideo card’s most historically significant individual long-term result: Gane was a 29-year-old Paris, France HW who had trained at MMA Factory Paris and had a Muay Thai background. His debut arm-triangle of a 264 lb Brazilian HW demonstrated the grappling quality that his subsequent HW career amplified. He did not earn a bonus for the debut. Rodolfo Vieira’s arm-triangle of Piechota in his own debut — a 4x BJJ World Champion making his UFC debut in the same arena on the same night — was the card’s other highly-discussed debut. He also did not earn a bonus.

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Full Results

Main Card (ESPN+)

Valentina Shevchenko def. Liz Carmouche — Unanimous Decision (50-45x3) — Women’s FLW Championship (5 rounds; SHEVCHENKO REVENGE — avenged first career loss from 2010; 2nd title defense; improved to 18-3)

Vicente Luque def. Mike Perry — Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) — WW (FotN $50k each; 171 combined sig strikes; Perry BROKEN NOSE from Luque knee; late guillotine attempt; Luque 6TH CONSECUTIVE WIN!)

Luiz Eduardo Garagorri def. Humberto Bandenay — Unanimous Decision (30-27x3) — FW (GARAGORRI DEBUT WIN IN HOME COUNTRY URUGUAY! Crowd celebrated local hero)

Volkan Oezdemir def. Ilir Latifi — KO (punches) — R2, 4:31 — LHW (PoN $50k; knee dropped Latifi then left hooks finished; ENDED 3-FIGHT LOSING STREAK; Oezdemir bounce-back)

Rodolfo Vieira def. Oskar Piechota — Submission (arm-triangle choke) — R2, 4:26 — MW (VIEIRA’S UFC DEBUT! 4x BJJ World Champion; no bonus but dominant debut finish; Piechota suffered leg injury during fight)

Enrique Barzola def. Bobby Moffett — Split Decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28) — FW

Preliminary Card (ESPN / ESPN+)

Gilbert Burns def. Aleksei Kunchenko — Unanimous Decision (29-28x3) — WW (Burns building WW career; future WW title challenger!)

Cyril Gane def. Raphael Pessoa — Submission (arm-triangle choke) — R1, 4:12 — HW (GANE’S UFC DEBUT! French HW from MMA Factory Paris; arm-triangle in debut; future HW interim champion + title challenger!)

Marina Rodriguez def. Tecia Torres — Unanimous Decision (30-27x3) — Women’s SBW (Rodriguez building SBW career)

Rogerio Bontorin def. Raulian Paiva — TKO (doctor stoppage — cut) — R1, 2:56 — FLW

Chris Gutierrez def. Geraldo de Freitas — Split Decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) — BW

Alex da Silva Coelho def. Rodrigo Vargas — Unanimous Decision (30-27x3) — LW

Veronica Macedo def. Polyana Viana — Submission (armbar) — R1, 1:09 — Women’s SBW (PoN $50k; opening fight; armbar in 69 seconds)

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Bonuses & Awards

🥇 Fight of the Night: Vicente Luque + Mike Perry — $50,000 each (171 combined sig strikes; Perry broken nose; guillotine)

🥇 Performance of the Night: Volkan Oezdemir + Veronica Macedo — $50,000 each

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Records & Milestones

• First UFC event in Uruguay (24th country).

• Shevchenko avenged her first career loss (Carmouche, 2010) — nine years between fights.

• Luque’s 6th consecutive win moved him into the WW top-15 at Uruguay.

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Legacy & Impact

Shevchenko’s Uruguay win extended her UFC FLW championship defence sequence that produced seven consecutive title defences from 2018 through 2022 before the Alexandre Pantoja decision defeat at UFC 285 in March 2023. Gane’s Uruguay debut arm-triangle of Pessoa was the first step in the HW career that produced the interim UFC HW Championship at UFC 265 in August 2021 and the title fight against Francis Ngannou at UFC 270 in January 2022.

Luque’s Uruguay split decision over Perry was his sixth consecutive win in a streak that eventually extended to nine, producing his WW ranking and title shot against Kamaru Usman at UFC 260 in March 2021. Marina Rodriguez’s Uruguay win was one of many consecutive results in a SBW career that produced a top-five ranking and title fight against Carla Esparza. Vieira’s debut arm-triangle launched a UFC MW career that produced wins over Cezar Ferreira, Saparbek Safarov, and Roman Dolidze.

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FAQ

What was the 2010 Carmouche vs. Shevchenko result?

On September 18, 2010, at C3 Fights: Red River Rivalry in Dallas, Texas, Liz Carmouche defeated Valentina Shevchenko by second-round TKO via doctor stoppage. Shevchenko was 19 years old at the time; Carmouche was 27. The fight was a regional circuit contest before either fighter had UFC careers. Shevchenko’s professional record at the time was approximately 6-2; Carmouche was 5-1. The 2010 result was the last time Carmouche had a competitive edge over Shevchenko in their nine-year timeline.

What was Gane’s UFC debut significance?

Gane was a 29-year-old Paris, France HW who had trained at MMA Factory Paris and developed a Muay Thai kickboxing-based striking style combined with grappling quality. His arm-triangle of Pessoa at 4:12 of round one demonstrated that his grappling technique — arm-triangle from top position — matched his striking reputation. Despite not earning a bonus for his debut, Gane’s Uruguay performance was recognised by media as the debut of a future UFC HW title challenger.

What was Vieira’s debut?

Vieira was a 31-year-old Camacari, Brazil MW who had won the BJJ World Championship four times and held a 5-0 professional MMA record entering Montevideo. His UFC debut arm-triangle of Piechota — from mount position in round two after a round of dominant top control — demonstrated the championship-level BJJ quality that had produced his world titles. Piechota suffered what appeared to be a serious leg injury during the fight. Vieira’s debut was described as a complete demonstration of BJJ-based MMA.

What was Garagorri’s home country significance?

Garagorri was a 29-year-old Montevideo, Uruguay featherweight competing in his home country during the first ever UFC event in Uruguay. His debut unanimous decision win over Bandenay — a Peruvian FW who had been competitive in Latin American circuits — produced one of the Montevideo card’s most emotionally resonant individual results: a Uruguayan fighter winning his UFC debut before a Uruguayan crowd at the first UFC event in the country.

What made Luque vs. Perry a Fight of the Night candidate?

Perry’s broken nose from Luque’s knee strike was the physical evidence of the fight’s competitive brutality. Perry continued fighting after the break. Luque’s late guillotine attempt demonstrated his submission quality alongside his striking. 171 combined significant strikes across three rounds in a fight between two aggressive, power-based WW competitors produced the action volume that the Fight of the Night recognises. Perry’s decision loss despite the competitive exchanges reflected Luque’s higher accuracy and timing quality.

What was Oezdemir’s Latifi result?

Oezdemir had gone 0-3 in consecutive fights after his title shot loss to Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 — losses to Anthony Smith (FN136 Moscow), Dominick Reyes (FN147 London, controversial SD), and Aleksandar Rakic (FN145 Prague) — before his Montevideo KO of Latifi. His adjusted approach — mixing targets, using calf kicks and elbows alongside his natural power punching, dropping Latifi with a step knee before finishing with left hooks — was described as the most complete technical version of his career.

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References

UFC Fight Night 156: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 — Wikipedia

UFC Fight Night 156 — Tapology