Archive for August, 2009:
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira Results
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira won via unanimous decision against Randy Couture (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) in their Heavyweight match-up of UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.
Meanwhile on the co-main event, Thiago Silva won the Light Heavyweight bout when he knocked out Keith Jardine via at 1:35 mark of first round. Heavyweight Todd Duffee scored big time when he new record for fastest knockout in the UFC after knocking out Tim Hague at the 0:07 mark of the first round. The precious UFC record was at 8 seconds shared by Don Frye (over Thomas Ramirez at UFC 8 ) and James Irvin (over Houston Alexander at UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon).
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira Official Weigh-in Video
Watch the UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira official weigh-in video.
UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard
Also referred as UFC Fight Night 19, UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard will feature a Lightweight match between Nate Diaz and Melvin Guillard, this MMA event will be staged at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 16, 2009.
Here’s the complete UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard fight card:
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard
- Lightweight bout: Gray Maynard vs. Roger Huerta
- Welterweight bout: Carlos Condit vs. Jake Ellenberger
- Middleweight bout: Nate Quarry vs. Tim Credeur
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira will feature the face-off between former UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion, Randy Couture and former PRIDE Heavyweight champion and former UFC Interim Heavyweight champion, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
The co-main event will be a Light Heavyweight match-up between Keith Jardine and Thiago Silva, UFC 102 will also signal the return of Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera on the UFC Octagon fighting against Krzysztof Soszynski for the Light Heavyweight bout.
UFC 102 will be staged at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon on August 29, 2009.
UFC 101: Declaration Broke Pennsylvania State Record with $3.55M Live Gate
UFC 101: Declaration set a Pennsylvania state record with US$3.5 Million Live gate, the event was witnessed by 17,411 spectators, UFC president Dana White announced in a post-fight press conference.
UFC 101 was the first UFC event to take place in “The Keystone State,” tickets for the MMA event was nearly sold-out 2 months prior to the show date.
UFC 101: Declaration featured the successful Lightweight title defense by BJ Penn against Kenny Florian via submission due to rear naked choke at 3:54 of the fourth round and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin, Anderson Silva won the fight via Knock Out at 3:23 of round 1.