UFC 101
UFC 101: Declaration[3] was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[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
Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout:
Jesse Lennox vs. 
Danillo Villefort
- Lennox defeated Villefort via TKO (cut) at 3:37 of round 3
- Lightweight bout:
George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
- Sotiropoulos defeated Roop via submission (kimura) at 1:59 of round 2. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Penn vs. Florian fight.
- Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
- Riddle defeated Cramer via unanimous decision (29–27, 30–26, 30–27).
- Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs.
Alessio Sakara
- Sakara defeated Leites via split decision (29–28, 27–30, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
- Howard defeated McCrory via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
- Pellegrino defeated Neer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
- Almeida defeated Grove via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
- Hendricks defeated Sadollah via TKO (strikes) at 0:29 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
- Riley defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
- Silva defeated Griffin via KO (punch) at 3:23 of round 1.
- Lightweight Championship bout: BJ Penn (c) vs. Kenny Florian
- Penn defeated Florian via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:45 of round 4 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.
- Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
- Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva
- Submission of the Night: BJ Penn
References
- ^ a b Stupp, Dann (August 9, 2009). "UFC 101 draws 17,411 attendance for Pennsylvania state record $3.55 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/15778/ufc-101-draws-17411-attendance-for-state-record-355-million-live-gate.mma. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (2010-02-15). "UFC remains king of PPV hill". sports.yahoo.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ppvbiz021510&prov=yhoo&type=lgns. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ a b "UFC 101". Ufc.com. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=2209. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
- ^ "Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares set for UFC 101". MMAjunkie.com. April 1, 2009. http://mmajunkie.com/news/14429/alessio-sakara-vs-rousimar-palhares-set-for-ufc-101.mma. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
- ^ "ROUSIMAR PALHARES SUFFERS BROKEN LEG". Mma Weekly. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8735&zoneid=13. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ "LEITES IN FOR INJURED PALHARES AT UFC 101". MMA Weekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8750&zoneid=13. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ Morgan, John. "Cut forces Rob Emerson out of UFC 101 bout; George Roop reported as replacement". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/15611/cut-forces-rob-emerson-out-of-ufc-101-bout-george-roop-reported-as-replacement.mma. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
