UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration
The poster for UFC 101: Declaration
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateAugust 8, 2009
VenueWachovia Center
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance17,411
Total gate$3,550,000
Buyrate850,000
Event chronology
UFC 100 UFC 101: Declaration UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

UFC 101: Declaration was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first UFC event held in Pennsylvania. The event featured the second title defense of Lightweight Champion B.J. 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 was cancelled due to a broken leg suffered by Palhares during training. Thales Leites stepped in to face Sakara.

George Roop stepped in against George Sotiropoulos after Rob Emerson pulled out of the matchup due to a cut requiring stitches.

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight B.J. Penn (c) def Kenny Florian Submission (rear-naked choke) 4 3:54
Light Heavyweight Anderson Silva def Forrest Griffin KO (punch) 1 3:23
Lightweight Aaron Riley def Shane Nelson Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Johny Hendricks def Amir Sadollah TKO (punches) 1 0:29
Middleweight Ricardo Almeida def Kendall Grove Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Kurt Pellegrino def Josh Neer Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight John Howard def Tamdan McCrory Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Alessio Sakara def Thales Leites Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Matthew Riddle def Dan Cramer Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–26, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight George Sotiropoulos def George Roop Submission (kimura) 2 1:59
Welterweight Jesse Lennox def Danillo Villefort TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 3:37
  1. ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  2. ↑ This bout, originally scheduled for the preliminary card, was moved to the main card due to time constraints.

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2010-02-15). "UFC remains king of PPV hill". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. 1 2 "UFC 101". Ufc.com. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares set for UFC 101". MMAjunkie.com. April 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ "ROUSIMAR PALHARES SUFFERS BROKEN LEG". Mma Weekly. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ "LEITES IN FOR INJURED PALHARES AT UFC 101". MMA Weekly.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  7. ↑ Morgan, John. "Cut forces Rob Emerson out of UFC 101 bout; George Roop reported as replacement". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  8. ↑ John Morgan (2009-08-09). "UFC 101 bonuses: B.J. Penn and Forrest Griffin take $60K, Anderson Silva earns $120K". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.