UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration
The poster for UFC 101: Declaration
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	August 8, 2009
Venue	Wachovia Center
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance	17,411 [1]
Total gate	$3,550,000 [1]
Buyrate	850,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC 100 UFC 101: Declaration UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

UFC 101: Declaration ^[3] was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first UFC event held in Philadelphia. ^[3] The event featured the second title defense of Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn against Kenny Florian, and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout for Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.

Background

A previously announced bout between Rousimar Palhares and Alessio Sakara ^[4] was cancelled due to a broken leg suffered by Palhares during training. ^[5] Thales Leites stepped in to face Sakara. ^[6]

George Roop stepped in against George Sotiropoulos after Rob Emerson pulled out of the matchup due to a cut requiring stitches. ^[7]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def	Kenny Florian	Submission (rear-naked choke)	4	3:54	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Anderson Silva	def	Forrest Griffin	KO (punch)	1	3:23
Lightweight	Aaron Riley	def	Shane Nelson	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	[b]
Welterweight	Johny Hendricks	def	Amir Sadollah	TKO (punches)	1	0:29
Middleweight	Ricardo Almeida	def	Kendall Grove	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	def	Josh Neer	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	John Howard	def	Tamdan McCrory	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Alessio Sakara	def	Thales Leites	Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Matthew Riddle	def	Dan Cramer	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–26, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	George Sotiropoulos	def	George Roop	Submission (kimura)	2	1:59
Welterweight	Jesse Lennox	def	Danillo Villefort	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	3:37

1. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
2. This bout, originally scheduled for the preliminary card, was moved to the main card due to time constraints.

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses. ^[8]

• Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
• Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva
• Submission of the Night: B.J. Penn

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2009 in UFC

References

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5. "ROUSIMAR PALHARES SUFFERS BROKEN LEG". Mma Weekly. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
6. "LEITES IN FOR INJURED PALHARES AT UFC 101". MMA Weekly.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
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8. John Morgan (2009-08-09). "UFC 101 bonuses: B.J. Penn and Forrest Griffin take $60K, Anderson Silva earns $120K". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.