UFC 103

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UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort
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The poster for UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 19, 2009
Venue American Airlines Center
City Dallas, Texas
Attendance17,428 [1]
Total gate$2,400,000 [1]
Buyrate375,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. [3] The event was broadcast on pay-per-view.

Contents

Background

This was the first UFC event to air a portion of the preliminary card live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike. [4] The Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller, Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal, Rick Story vs. Brian Foster, and the Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez fights were shown on Spike.

As a part of the UFC/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout of Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air on ESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacing Mike Swick against Martin Kampmann. [5]

The event was aired the same time Floyd Mayweather fought Juan Manuel Márquez. Mayweather/Márquez drew a smaller crowd (13,116) but its gate was considerably higher at $6,811,300. It also sold more PPV buys (1,000,000).

To date, this PPV had the largest amount of fights broadcast by the UFC (13).

It was announced on July 20, 2009 that Rich Franklin would headline UFC 103 against Dan Henderson. [6] It was then announced on July 31, 2009 that fans were not happy with the announced headliner of Henderson-Franklin 2 so they changed the main event to feature Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort. "Fans didn't like it, so we changed it," UFC President Dana White said. [7]

A previously announced bout featuring Steve Steinbeiss [8] was moved to UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard. [9] A previously announced bout featuring Aaron Simpson [8] was moved to UFC 102. [10]

A knee injury forced Matt Wiman out of a bout with Rafael dos Anjos on July 23. [11] Rob Emerson filled in. [12]

A knee injury forced Thiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller on August 20. [13] Tavares was replaced by UFC newcomer Steve Lopez. [14]

A back injury forced Dan Lauzon out of his bout with Rafaello Oliveira [15] and he was replaced by Nik Lentz. [16]

An injury forced Mike Swick out of his bout with Martin Kampmann and Paul Daley moved up from the undercard to face Kampmann.[ citation needed ]

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Vitor Belfort def. Rich Franklin KO (punches)13:02
Heavyweight Junior dos Santos def. Mirko Cro Cop TKO (submission to punch)32:00
Welterweight Paul Daley def. Martin Kampmann TKO (knee and punches)12:31
Welterweight Josh Koscheck def. Frank Trigg TKO (punches)11:25
Catchweight (159 lb) Tyson Griffin def. Hermes França KO (punches)23:26
Televised (Spike TV)
Lightweight Efrain Escudero def. Cole Miller TKO (punches)13:36
Middleweight Tomasz Drwal def. Drew McFedries Submission (rear-naked choke)21:03
Preliminary card
Lightweight Jim Miller def.Steve LopezTKO (shoulder injury)20:48
Lightweight Nik Lentz def. Rafaello Oliveira Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Rick Story def. Brian Foster Submission (arm-triangle choke)21:09
Light Heavyweight Eliot Marshall def. Jason Brilz Decision (split) (27–30, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Light Heavyweight Vladimir Matyushenko def. Igor Pokrajac Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos def. Rob Emerson Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00

    Bonus awards

    Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses. [17]

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