UFC 106

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UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2
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Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 21, 2009
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Paradise, Nevada
Attendance10,529 [1]
Total gate$3,003,250 [1]
Buyrate375,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 21, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. [3]

Contents

Background

As with UFC 103 and UFC 104, a portion of the preliminary card aired live and commercial-free during an hour-long block on Spike. [4] Tito Ortiz was originally scheduled to fight Mark Coleman; however, on October 5, 2009, the fight was cancelled as Coleman was suffering from a knee injury. UFC confirmed that Forrest Griffin would step in to face Ortiz. [5]

On October 26, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar pulled out of his fight against Shane Carwin due to an illness that kept him from training. [6] The UFC therefore had the Ortiz v. Griffin fight headline the UFC 106 card. [7]

Previously announced match-ups of John Howard vs. Dennis Hallman [8] and Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida [9] were moved to The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale [10] and UFC 107 [11] respectively.

Tom Lawlor was originally scheduled to fight at UFC 106 but he was moved to UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz. [12]

Jon Fitch was originally set to fight Ricardo Almeida but Almeida was forced off the card with a knee injury. Fitch was moved to the UFC 107 card to fight Mike Pierce. [13]

Dana White confirmed on November 19 that Karo Parisyan had pulled out of his fight against Dustin Hazelett for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse including show and win. [14] As a result, the fight between Paulo Thiago and Jacob Volkmann was promoted to the main card. [15] Parisyan was also cut from the promotion following this incident.

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Josh Koscheck def. Anthony Johnson Submission (rear-naked choke)24:47
Welterweight Paulo Thiago def. Jacob Volkmann Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Light Heavyweight Antônio Rogério Nogueira def. Luiz Cané TKO (punches)11:56
Welterweight Amir Sadollah def. Phil Baroni Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Welterweight Ben Saunders def. Marcus Davis KO (knees)13:24
Middleweight Kendall Grove def. Jake Rosholt Submission (triangle choke)13:59
Preliminary card
Welterweight Brian Foster def. Brock Larson TKO (punches)23:25 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28)35:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight George Sotiropoulos def. Jason Dent Submission (armbar)24:36
  1. Larson had 2 points deducted in round 1 for an illegal upkick & an illegal knee to a downed opponent.
  2. Camoes had 1 point deducted in round 2 for an illegal upkick.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses. [16]

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [17]

^ Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.

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