UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date August 1, 2010
Venue San Diego Sports Arena
City San Diego, California
Attendance 8,132[1]
Total gate $489,685[1]
Event chronology

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko (also known as UFC on Versus 2) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, August 1, 2010.[2] Originally scheduled to take place at the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, the UFC was forced to move the event to a different venue due to low ticket sales. On June 14, 2010, the event was moved to San Diego, California to be held at the San Diego Sports Arena. The event was the second UFC event to be broadcast on Versus; the first being UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones.

Background

Jim Miller and Gleison Tibau were set to fight at this event, but the bout was later moved to UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares the following month.

Two bouts were moved to this event due to visa issues; Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann from UFC 116[3] and Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira from The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale.[4]

Joe Stevenson suffered a knee injury in training and was unable to fight Takanori Gomi. Stevenson was replaced by Tyson Griffin.[5]

Willamy Freire also suffered an injury in training, forcing the cancellation of his fight with Thiago Tavares. Tavares was then pulled from the card altogether.[6][7]

"Big" John McCarthy was a referee at this event, the first time he has refereed at a UFC event in almost 3 years.[8]

Damarques Johnson originally weighed in at 172.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds over the contracted weight limit. After being granted one hour to make the original 171 pound limit, Johnson tipped the scales at 172 pounds. As a result, Johnson forfeited 20% of his purse for the fight.[9]

The event drew an estimated 991,000 viewers on Versus.[10]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones def. Vladimir Matyushenko TKO (elbows) 1 1:52
Middleweight Yushin Okami def. Mark Muñoz Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Jake Ellenberger def. John Howard TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 2:21
Lightweight Takanori Gomi def. Tyson Griffin KO (punch) 1 1:04
Preliminary card
Lightweight Jacob Volkmann def. Paul Kelly Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Catchweight (172 lbs) Matthew Riddle def. DaMarques Johnson TKO (punches) 2 4:29
Light Heavyweight Igor Pokrajac def. James Irvin Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:29
Middleweight Brian Stann def. Mike Massenzio Submission (triangle choke) 3 3:10
Lightweight Charles Oliveira def. Darren Elkins Submission (armbar) 1 0:41 [lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight Rob Kimmons def. Steve Steinbeiss Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Howard vs. Ellenberger fight.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.[11]

Reported Payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It 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]

^ DaMarques Johnson was reportedly fined 20 percent of his purse for failing to make the 170-pound welterweight limit. The CSAC's initial report did not include information on the penalty.

References

See also

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