UFC 93

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date January 17, 2009
Venue The O2
City Dublin, Ireland
Attendance 9,369
Total gate $1,300,000
Buyrate 350,000 [1]
Event chronology

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UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson[2] was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 17, 2009 at The O2, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.

Background

The main event featured a Light Heavyweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin and former Pride Middleweight Champion and Pride Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson. The winner of the fight would become the coach opposite Michael Bisping for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.

The co-main event featured a Light Heavyweight rematch between Mauricio Rua, the 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion, and the 2000 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion, UFC Hall of Famer, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Mark Coleman.

The referees assigned for the event were Marc Goddard, Dan Miragliotta, Leon Roberts and Kevin Mulhall.

Future Irish UFC stars, Conor McGregor and Paddy Holohan also attended this event, both aged 20 which inspired them to be UFC competitor's one day. [3]

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 27–30) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Mauricio Rua def. Mark Coleman TKO (punches) 3 4:36
Middleweight Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Alan Belcher def. Denis Kang Submission (guillotine choke) 2 4:36
Welterweight Marcus Davis def. Chris Lytle Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Welterweight John Hathaway def. Tom Egan TKO (elbows) 1 4:36 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barros TKO (punches) 2 3:07
Light Heavyweight Eric Schafer def. Antonio Mendes TKO (punches) 1 3:35
Light Heavyweight Tomasz Drwal def. Ivan Serati KO (punches) 1 2:02
Lightweight Dennis Siver def. Nate Mohr TKO (spinning back kick and punches) 3 3:47
  1. ↑ This fight aired on the PPV after the Horn vs. Palhares fight.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://mmapayout.com/2009/12/ufc-establishes-new-mark-for-ppv-buys-in-2009/
  2. ↑ "UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson". UFC.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Conor McGregor: Admitted fight addict - Mixed Martial Arts Blog - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  4. ↑ Martin, Damon (January 17, 2009). "UFC HANDS DOWN $40,000 BONUSES IN IRELAND". Retrieved January 19, 2009.
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