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UFC 121 Awards and Bonuses for Fight, Knockout, and Submission of the Night

UFCscene — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:42:58 +0000

UFC 121: ‘LESNAR vs VELASQUEZ’ from Honda Center in Anaheim, California.What a night it was!

Let us take a look at the UFC 121 fight awards and bonuses:

Each fighter received $70,000 extra for their performances in addition to their respective base salaries.

Fight of the Night – Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago
Knockout of the Night – Cain Velasquez
Submission of the Night – Daniel Roberts

We will pass along fighter base salaries as soon as they we learn more.

Check out all you can handle UFC 121 news and rumors, UFC 121 Results, and Official UFC 121 Website.

UFC 121: ‘LESNAR vs VELASQUEZ’ is Official!

UFCscene — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:57:06 +0000

“The baddest man on the planet, UFC® heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, is back in the main event for UFC 121, and unbeaten Cain Velasquez is looking to take his belt and become the first man to knock him out. Lesnar proved he had beaten the severe illness that kept him sidelined for a year by withstanding the onslaught by Shane Carwin at UFC 116 and defending his heavyweight title with a slick submission in the second round. His opponent at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on October 23, 2010, Cain Velasquez, has already made short work out of the heavyweight division and he promises to make the most of his first shot at the title.

Also on this star-studded UFC 121 card, which is presented by Boost mobile, welterweight star Jake Shields makes his long-awaited UFC debut against perennial contender Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann. Also featured is an exciting welterweight matchup as Diego Sanchez battles Paulo Thiago, while it is teacher vs. student as Matt “The Hammer” Hamill takes on his coach from The Ultimate Fighter®, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. Rounding out the main card is a bout pitting rising heavyweight star Brendan Schaub against veteran contender Gabriel Gonzaga.”

UFC 121 (Main) Fight Card Announced:

Main Event:
Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez

Main Card:
Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann
Tito Ortiz vs. Matt Hamill
Brendan Schaub vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago

UFC 110 Pre Fight Press Conference Videos

Rob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:14:14 +0000

Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira and Cain Velasquez

More after the jump…

Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva

Chris Haseman, Elvis Sinosic and George Sotiropoulos

Countdown to UFC 110 Video: Nogueira vs Velasquez

Rob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:45:35 +0000

Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira and Cain Velasquez train for their upcoming heavyweight bout at UFC 110. Also, Wanderlei Silva prepares to rebound after his surgery and Michael Bisping is planning on becoming a more dominant middleweight.

UFC 110 Pictures: Pre Fight Press Conference

Rob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Props to CombatLifestyle.com for the pics.

Dana White steps in between Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira and Cain Velasquez during their faceoff.

More after the jump…

Apparently Wanderlei Silva and Michael Bisping had some words at the press conference (video to be provided later today). Looks like this just became a bad blood fight!

UFC 110 Videos: Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira Pre Fight Interview

Rob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:27:38 +0000

Former PRIDE heavyweight champion, Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira talks about his upcoming fight against rising star, Cain Velasquez at UFC 110. He talks about having the experience advantage but shouldn’t put Cain’s skills aside because of it.

UFC 110 Videos: Cain Velasquez Pre Fight Interview

Rob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:24:18 +0000

Cain Velasquez talks about fighting MMA legend, Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia. He says this will be his biggest test yet in the UFC.

New UFC 2010 Undisputed Trailer – So You Want to Be a Fighter?

Rob — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:18:25 +0000

What an awesome trailer for UFC 2010 Undisputed, featuring fighters like Forrest Griffin, Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell, Frank Mir, Cain Velasquez and Tito Ortiz.

UFC 110 Fight Card

UFCscene — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:22:11 +0000

UFC 110 ‘NOGUEIRA vs VELASQUEZ’ is scheduled for Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Acer Arena, Australia. The Main Event will feature Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira taking on Cain Velasquez plus Wanderlei Silva vs Michael Bisping and Mirko Cro Cop vs Ben Rothwell.

Main event:

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez

Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva
Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader
Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Anthony Perosh Ben Rothwell

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Elvis Sinosic vs. Chris Haseman
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Brian Foster vs. Chris Lytle
CB Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
James Te Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac

Check out all you can handle UFC 110 news and rumors and Official UFC 110 Website.

Main Event Plus Five Fights Announced for UFC 110

UFCscene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:15:50 +0000

The UFC just confirmed five fights for UFC 110, scheduled for February 20th in Sydney Australia.

Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-5-1) will still face Cain Velasquez (7-0) in the main event.

Nogueira is coming off a win over Randy Couture (by decision) at UFC 102. He put on a great performance, especially after his previous fight where he lost to Frank Mir at UFC 92. Velasquez is still undefeated, beating Cheick Kongo at UFC 99 and most recently Ben Rothwell at UFC 104. Velasquez has dominated through the heavyweight division utilizing his wrestling but has yet to face a true jiu jitsu technician like Nogueira. We’ll see just how good Cain’s abilities are at UFC 110.

Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1) will go up against Michael Bisping (19-2) as the co-main event. Silva hasn’t looked great since his knockout of Keith Jardine at UFC 84. Most recently, he beat Rich Franklin by decision at UFC 99, but is was long and drawn out. Bisping, on the other hand, rebounded from being knocked out by Dan Henderson at UFC 100 and put on a dominating performance at UFC 105 by beating Denis Kang. Two notes worth mentioning: this is Wanderlei’s first fight since his facial surgery as well as his first fight at middleweight.

Remaining four fights announces on the card:

Joe Stevenson (36-10) vs George Sotiropoulos (11-2)

Keith Jardine (14-7) vs Ryan Bader (11-0)

Mirko Cro Cop (25-7-2) vs Ben Rothwell (30-7)

Elis Sinosic (8-9-2) vs Chris Haseman (20-16)