UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date August 8, 2009
Venue Wachovia Center
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance 17,411[1]
Total gate $3,550,000[1]
Buyrate 850,000[2]
Event chronology

UFC 100 UFC 101: Declaration UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

UFC 101: Declaration[3] was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first ever UFC event held in Philadelphia.[3] The event featured the second title defense of Lightweight Champion BJ Penn against Kenny Florian, and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout for Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.

Background

A previously announced bout between Rousimar Palhares and Alessio Sakara[4] was cancelled due to a broken leg suffered by Palhares during training.[5] Thales Leites stepped in to face Sakara.[6]

George Roop stepped in against George Sotiropoulos after Rob Emerson pulled out of the matchup due to a cut requiring stitches.[7]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight B.J. Penn (c) def Kenny Florian Submission (rear-naked choke) 4 3:54 [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Anderson Silva def Forrest Griffin KO (punch) 1 3:23
Lightweight Aaron Riley def Shane Nelson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Johny Hendricks def Amir Sadollah TKO (punches) 1 0:29
Middleweight Ricardo Almeida def Kendall Grove Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Kurt Pellegrino def Josh Neer Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight John Howard def Tamdan McCrory Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Alessio Sakara def Thales Leites Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Matthew Riddle def Dan Cramer Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–26, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight George Sotiropoulos def George Roop Submission (kimura) 2 1:59 [lower-alpha 3]
Welterweight Jesse Lennox def Danillo Villefort TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 3:37
  1. For the Lightweight Championship.
  2. This bout, originally scheduled for the preliminary card, was moved to main card, due to time constraints.
  3. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Penn vs. Florian fight.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Stupp, Dann (August 9, 2009). "UFC 101 draws 17,411 attendance for Pennsylvania state record $3.55 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
  2. Meltzer, Dave (2010-02-15). "UFC remains king of PPV hill". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. 1 2 "UFC 101". Ufc.com. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
  4. "Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares set for UFC 101". MMAjunkie.com. April 1, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  5. "ROUSIMAR PALHARES SUFFERS BROKEN LEG". Mma Weekly. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  6. "LEITES IN FOR INJURED PALHARES AT UFC 101". MMA Weekly.com. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  7. Morgan, John. "Cut forces Rob Emerson out of UFC 101 bout; George Roop reported as replacement". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
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