UFC 100
| UFC 100 | |
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| information | |
| organizer | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| date | July 11, 2009 |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center |
| city |
 Las Vegas , USA
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| Number of visitors | 10,871 |
| Ticket proceeds | $ 5,128,490 |
| PPV purchases | 1,600,000 |
UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event hosted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas , Nevada .
background
The main fight of the event was the rematch between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir for the UFC Undisputed Heavyweight title. Furthermore, Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves faced each other in the fight for the Welterweight title.
The event made 1.6 million pay-per-view purchases, making it the UFC's top-selling event. UFC 100 also received widespread coverage in the mainstream media. The US broadcaster ESPN massively expanded its coverage for the event.
The event also received the Sherdog 's 2009 Event of the Year award.
Results
Preliminary fights
- Lightweight fight: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
- Gugerty defeated Grice by submission (guillotine choke) in the 1st round after 2:36 minutes.
- Middleweight fight: CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
- Lawlor defeated Dollaway by submission (guillotine choke) in the 1st round after 0:55 minutes.
- Welterweight fight: Kim Dong-hyun vs. TJ Grant
- Kim defeated Grant by unanimous referee decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
- Lightweight fight: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
- Miller defeated Danzig by unanimous referee decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Light Heavyweight Fight: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
- Jones defeated O'Brien by submission (modified guillotine choke) in the 2nd round after 2:43 minutes.
- Light Heavyweight Fight: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar
- Coleman defeated Bonnar by unanimous referee decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Main fights
- Middleweight fight: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
- Akiyama defeated Belcher by split judge decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28).
- Middleweight fight: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
- Henderson defeated Bisping by KO in the 2nd round after 3:20 minutes.
- UFC Welterweight Championship fight: Georges St. Pierre (c) vs. Thiago Alves
- St-Pierre defeated Alves by unanimous referee decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45) and thus remained UFC Welterweight Champion
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UFC Heavyweight Championship unification fight : Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Frank Mir (ic)
- Lesnar defeated Mir by TKO in the 2nd round after 1:48 minutes. and became the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the UFC.
- Welterweight fight: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
- Fitch defeated Thiago by a unanimous referee decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Special bonuses
The following fighters were paid a $ 100,000 bonus:
- Fight of the Night: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
- Knockout of the Night: Dan Henderson
- Submission of the Night: Tom Lawlor
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "UFC 100 draws live gate of $ 5,128,490" at http://fiveouncesofpain.com/ on July 21, 2009
- ↑ a b "Pay-per-view buys" on mmapayout.com on July 12, 2009
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l "UFC 100 results" ( memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on boxing.nv.gov on July 11, 2009
- ^ "UFC 81 Fight Card from Las Vegas, Nevada" on mmamania.com on October 29, 2011
- ^ "Major ESPN Executive Attends UFC 100 as a Guest of Dana White" on bloodyelbow.com on July 24, 2009
- ^ "Sherdog's 2009 Misc. Awards" on sherdog.com on January 11, 2010
- ↑ "UFC 100 bonuses" ( memento from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on mmajunkie.com on July 12, 2009
