UFC 110
| UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acer Arena | ||||
| City | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 17,431[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,500,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 240,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez was a
The event drew 17,431 fans, a sell out of A$2.5 million. 400 tickets were sold to a closed circuit viewing party at the Arena's Ballroom, making the number of total fans inside the building 17,831. The event grossed $540,000 in merchandise sales, breaking the previous record of $498,000 at UFC 83. Total sales topped the previous Acer Arena record held by Iron Maiden.[3]
Background
The long expected bout between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Wanderlei Silva[4] did not take place at this event. Instead, Silva faced Michael Bisping.[5]
A bout between Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen which was expected to take place on this card was moved to UFC 109.[6] A bout between Keith Jardine and Rich Franklin had been discussed,[7] but Jardine eventually fought the Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader.
Chris Lytle was expected to face Dong Hyun Kim,[8] but Kim was forced off the card with an injury.[9] Brian Foster stepped in to fight Lytle.
A bout between Elvis Sinosic and Chris Haseman was due to be the first ever all-Australian bout to take place in the UFC.[10] However, a shoulder injury forced Sinosic out of the fight on 18 February, and bout was pulled from the card as a result.[11] Additionally, Ben Rothwell was sidelined by an illness, leading to Australian veteran Anthony Perosh stepping in to face Mirko Cro Cop.[11]
Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public.[12] It was, at the time, the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behind UFC 83 (which was the first ever UFC event in Canada).[10] This record was later broken by UFC 127, the second event to be held in Australia. UFC 110 aired live on Australian free-to-air sports channel ONE HD.[13]
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Cain Velasquez | def. | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Michael Bisping | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | George Sotiropoulos | def. | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | def. | Keith Jardine | KO (flying knee and punch) | 3 | 2:10 | |
| Heavyweight | Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Anthony Perosh | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Krzysztof Soszynski | def. | Stephan Bonnar | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 1:04 | |
| Welterweight | Chris Lytle | def. | Brian Foster | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Middleweight | C.B. Dollaway
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def. | Goran Reljic
|
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | James Te Huna | def. | Igor Pokrajac | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:26 | |
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.[14]
- Fight of the Night: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
- Knockout of the Night: Cain Velasquez
- Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle
See also
References
- ^ a b "UFC 110's reported attendance qualifies as highest-ever for UFC outside of North America".
- ^ "UFC 110 does weak PPV buys according to Dave Meltzer (via subscription only): "I don't have a N". 10 March 2010.
- ^ Rome, Michael (1 March 2010). "SportsBusiness Journal: UFC Sets Company Merchandise Sales Record in Australia". Bloody Elbow.
- ^ "Wanderlei Silva confirms rumored UFC 110 headliner with Yoshihiro Akiyama in Australia". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Bisping vs. Silva official for "UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez"". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ "Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen middleweight bout set for UFC 109 (not UFC 110)". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ "Rich Franklin vs. Keith Jardine possible for UFC 110". fiveknuckles.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Dong Hyun Kim vs. Chris Lytle set for UFC 110 in Australia". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ "Dong Hyun Kim withdraws from UFC 110; Chris Lytle currently without opponent". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ a b "UFC Fight Cards, Watch Times, Live Stats | UFC.com". www.ufc.com.
- ^ a b "Changes to UFC 110 Card". Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Ticketek Australia".
- ^ "UFC Fight Cards, Watch Times, Live Stats | UFC.com". www.ufc.com.
- ^ "UFC 110 bonuses: Sotiropoulos, Stevenson, Velasquez and Lytle earn $50,000 awards". MMAjunkie. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
