UFC 100

UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was held on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

The main fight of the event was the rematch between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir for the Undisputed Heavyweight Title UFC. Furthermore, Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves faced each other in the fight for the welterweight title.

The event generated 1.6 million pay- per-view buys, making it the best-selling event of the UFC. In addition, UFC 100 underwent a wide coverage in the mainstream media. Thus, the U.S. broadcaster ESPN expanded its coverage of the event from massive.

In addition, the event received the award " Sherdog 's 2009 Event of the Year".

Results

Preliminaries

  • Lightweight bout: United States Matt Grice vs. United States Shannon Gugerty
  • Middleweight fight: United States C.B. Dollaway vs. United States Tom Lawlor
  • Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. United States. United States Jim Miller
  • Light Heavyweight Fight: Jon Jones vs. United States. United States Jake O'Brien
  • Light Heavyweight Fight: USA vs. Mark Coleman. Stephan Bonnar United States

Major battles

  • Middleweight fight: Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama vs.. United States Alan Belcher
  • UFC Welterweight Championship bout: Canada Georges St Pierre ( c ) vs.. Brazil Thiago Alves
  • UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout: United States Brock Lesnar ( c ) vs. United States Frank Mir (ic)
  • Welterweight Fight: Jon Fitch vs. United States. Brazil Paulo Thiago

Special prizes

Below fighters was a bonus of $ 100,000 paid:

  • Fight of the Night: Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama vs.. United States Alan Belcher
  • Knockout of the Night: United States Dan Henderson
  • Submission of the Night: United States Tom Lawlor
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