UFC 115

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date June 12, 2010
Venue General Motors Place
City Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Attendance 17,669[1]
Total gate $4,221,787[1]
Buyrate 520,000[2]
Event chronology

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 12, 2010 at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]

Background

Rich Franklin against Chuck Liddell in the main event of UFC 115.

This was the fourth UFC event to be held in Canada, following UFC 83, UFC 97 and UFC 113 and the first UFC event held in British Columbia since they passed a bill to sanction MMA, on December 17, 2009.[4] For a few days, this event location was in jeopardy because there were still no regulations in place to promote the sport professionally within Vancouver[5] and Cincinnati was rumoured to be a possible location for moving this event.[6] However, the problems were resolved and Dana White confirmed that the show will be going ahead in Vancouver on the scheduled date.[7]

The main event was tentatively set to be a third bout featuring Ultimate Fighter coaches and former Light Heavyweight Champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. In March, rumours began to circulate that Rich Franklin would replace Ortiz as Liddell's opponent, after Ortiz had supposedly withdrawn from the fight. However, Dana White denied this via his Twitter account on March 13, 2010, noting that Liddell vs. Ortiz was still set to be the main event. Then, after the announcement, Ortiz had to withdraw from the match due to neck surgery.

Despite confirming Liddell/Ortiz III would in fact be the main event for the card, the main event was confirmed on April 12 as Liddell vs. Franklin due to a neck injury suffered by Ortiz.[8]

The on-again, off-again rematch between Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch, first scheduled for UFC 107 then UFC 111 and then UFC 115 was moved again, to UFC 117.[9]

The Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert Yvel fight replaced Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunham on the main card. Griffin vs. Dunham was shown on the preliminaries aired on Spike TV.

Just like UFC 111 in March, UFC 115 was shown in movie theaters around the United States by NCM Fathom.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Rich Franklin def. Chuck Liddell KO (punch) 1 4:55
Heavyweight Mirko Filipović def. Pat Barry Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 4:30
Welterweight Martin Kampmann def. Paulo Thiago Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Ben Rothwell def. Gilbert Yvel Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28 3 5:00
Welterweight Carlos Condit def. Rory MacDonald TKO (punches) 3 4:53
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight Evan Dunham def. Tyson Griffin Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Matt Wiman def. Mac Danzig Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:45 [lower-alpha 1]
Preliminary card
Middleweight Mario Miranda def. David Loiseau TKO (punches) 2 4:07
Welterweight James Wilks def. Peter Sobotta Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Claude Patrick def. Ricardo Funch Submission (guillotine choke) 2 1:48 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Mike Pyle def. Jesse Lennox Technical Submission (triangle choke) 3 4:44 [lower-alpha 3]
  1. ↑ Referee Yves Lavigne controversially stopped the fight as Danzig did not appear to tap and was not left unconscious by the choke.[10]
  2. ↑ This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Danzig vs. Wiman fight.
  3. ↑ This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Liddell vs. Franklin fight.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $85,000 bonuses.[11]

Reported payout

The following does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "UFC 115 officially draws 17,669 attendance for $4.2 million live gate".
  2. ↑ "With Preliminary Estimates for UFC 118 Showing Weak Pay Per View Numbers, How Will They Market Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard?".
  3. ↑ "UFC 115". ufc.com. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. ↑ Mike Chiappetta. "Vancouver to Regulate MMA for Two-Year Testing Period".
  5. ↑ Jesse Holland. "Report: UFC 115 from Vancouver could be in jeopardy".
  6. ↑ "Source: UFC 115 will not happen in Vancouver". I.tsn.ca. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  7. ↑ "UFC sorts out differences with Vancouver, UFC 115 is a go". Tsn.ca. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  8. ↑ "Ultimate Fighting Championship". Ufc.com. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  9. ↑ "Thiago Alves-Jon Fitch Rematch Pushed Back to UFC 117 in August". mmafrenzy.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  10. ↑ Nate Wilcox. "UFC 115 Results: Matt Wiman Chokes Out Mac Danzig, or Did Ref Yves Lavigne Blow the Call?".
  11. ↑ "UFC 115 bonuses: Franklin, "Cro Cop," Condit and MacDonald earn $85K awards". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-13.
  12. ↑ "UFC 115 Salaries: Chuck Liddell Collects $500,000". MMAFighting.com. Retrieved June 24, 2010.

See also

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