UFC 95
| UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson | ||||
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 A poster or logo for UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 21, 2009 | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London, United Kingdom | |||
| Attendance | 13,268[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,000,000 (approximate)[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 21, 2009 at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
Background
The event was broadcast live for viewers in Europe and Canada and later tape delayed for U.S. viewers on Spike.[2] The bout was headlined by season one and two winners of The Ultimate Fighter.
Neil Grove was originally scheduled to face Justin McCully, but the bout was cancelled when McCully withdrew from the fight. Grove instead faced Mike Ciesnolevicz.[3]
Per Eklund was originally scheduled to face David Baron, but the bout was cancelled when Baron withdrew from the fight. Eklund instead faced Evan Dunham.[3]
Terry Etim was originally scheduled to face Justin Buchholz, but the bout was cancelled when Buchholz had a staph infection. He was replaced by UFC newcomer Brian Cobb.[3]
The event drew an average of 2.4 million viewers on Spike TV.[4]
Results
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Dan Hardy | def. | Rory Markham | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:09 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Wilson Gouveia | TKO (knee and punches) | 3 | 3:10 | |
| Middleweight | Demian Maia | def. | Chael Sonnen | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:37 | |
| Welterweight | Paulo Thiago | def. | Josh Koscheck | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:29 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Terry Etim | def. | Brian Cobb | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 0:10 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Stefan Struve | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Per Eklund | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Heavyweight | Mike Ciesnolevicz | def. | Neil Grove | Submission (inverted heel hook) | 1 | 1:03 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Welterweight | Paul Kelly | def. | Troy Mandaloniz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 5] |
- ↑ This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Marquardt vs. Gouveia fight.
- ↑ This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Maia vs. Sonnen fight.
- ↑ This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Hardy vs. Markham fight.
- ↑ This bout aired last on the live broadcast following the Kelly vs. Mandaloniz fight.
- ↑ This bout aired on the live broadcast following the Sanchez vs. Stevenson fight.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.[5]
- Fight of the Night: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson
- Knockout of the Night: Paulo Thiago
- Submission of the Night: Demian Maia
See also
References
- 1 2 "UFC 95 Delivers $1 Million U.S. and Strong Attendance". Mmaweekly. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ↑ "UFC 95 Sanchez vs. Stevenson". UFC.com. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- 1 2 3 "UFC 95 – Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts". tapology.com. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- ↑ http://mmajunkie.com/news/14090/spike-tvs-ufc-95-broadcast-peaks-with-three-million-viewers.mma
- ↑ "Four top performers earn $40K UFC 95 bonuses". MMAjunkie.com. February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
