UFC 95
| UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 21, 2009 | |||
| Venue | The O2Arena | |||
| 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. Stevensonwas amixed martial artsevent held by theUltimate Fighting Championship(UFC) on February 21, 2009, atThe O2ArenainLondon,United Kingdom.
Background[edit]
The event was broadcast live for viewers inEuropeandCanadaand later tape delayed forU.S.viewers onSpike.[2]The bout was headlined by season one and two winners ofThe Ultimate Fighter.
Neil Grovewas originally scheduled to faceJustin McCully,but the bout was cancelled when McCully withdrew from the fight. Grove instead faced Mike Ciesnolevicz.[3]
Per Eklundwas originally scheduled to faceDavid Baron,but the bout was cancelled when Baron withdrew from the fight. Eklund instead facedEvan Dunham.[3]
Terry Etimwas originally scheduled to faceJustin Buchholz,but the bout was cancelled when Buchholz had astaph infection.He was replaced byUFCnewcomer Brian Cobb.[3]
Stefan Struvemade his UFC debut at this event.
The event drew an average of 2.4 million viewers onSpike TV.[4]
Results[edit]
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 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 | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:29 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Terry Etim | def. | Brian Cobb | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 0:10 | |
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Stefan Struve | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | |
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Per Eklund | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Heavyweight | Mike Ciesnolevicz | def. | Neil Grove | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:03 | |
| Welterweight | Paul Kelly | def. | Troy Mandaloniz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bonus awards[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"UFC 95 Delivers $1 Million U.S. and Strong Attendance".Mmaweekly. Archived fromthe originalon 25 February 2009.Retrieved23 February2009.
- ^"UFC 95 Sanchez vs. Stevenson".UFC.com.Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2009.Retrieved13 February2009.
- ^abc"UFC 95 – Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts".tapology.com.Retrieved2 December2014.
- ^"Spike TV's UFC 95 broadcast peaks with three million viewers | MMAjunkie.com".Archived fromthe originalon 10 July 2012.Retrieved10 July2012.
- ^"Four top performers earn $40K UFC 95 bonuses".MMAjunkie.com.21 February 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 25 February 2009.Retrieved21 February2009.
