| UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 17, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Bell Centre | |||
| City | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
| Attendance | 17,249 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,143,000 [1] | |||
| Buyrate | 700,000 [2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2012, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [3] [4]
Parent company Zuffa, LLC produced a UFC Primetime special to promote the title unification match main event. [5] In addition, UFC 154 was shown in more than 350 movie theaters in the United States. [6]
Fabio Maldonado was briefly linked to a bout with Cyrille Diabaté at the event. [7] However, Maldonado was moved to UFC 153 to face Glover Teixeira. [8] Chad Griggs ended up replacing Maldonado to face Diabaté. [9]
Stephen Thompson was expected to face Besam Yousef at the event. However, Thompson was forced out of the bout with a knee injury and was replaced by Matthew Riddle. [10] Yousef was then forced out with injury, and replaced by John Maguire. [11]
A bout between Nick Ring and Costas Philippou was expected to take place at this event. However, the fight was scrapped when Ring fell ill the day of the fight. As a result, Mark Bocek and Rafael Dos Anjos was moved to the main card. [12]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c) | def. | Carlos Condit (ic) | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Johny Hendricks | def. | Martin Kampmann | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:46 | |
| Middleweight | Francis Carmont | def. | Tom Lawlor | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos | def. | Mark Bocek | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Pablo Garza | def. | Mark Hominick | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (FX) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Patrick Côté | def. | Alessio Sakara | DQ (punches to the back of the head) | 1 | 1:26 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Cyrille Diabaté | def. | Chad Griggs | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:24 | |
| Lightweight | John Makdessi | def. | Sam Stout | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Antonio Carvalho | def. | Rodrigo Damm | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Facebook and YouTube) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Matthew Riddle | def. | John Maguire | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Ivan Menjivar | def. | Azamat Gashimov | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:44 | |
| Featherweight | Darren Elkins | def. | Steven Siler | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Fighters were each awarded $70,000 bonuses: [13]
Jörgen Ingmar Kruth is a retired Swedish professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a former two time World Muay Thai Council Heavyweight Muaythai World Champion. He is considered to be among the greatest Scandinavian kickboxers of all time.
Georges St-Pierre, also known by his initials GSP, is a Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), having won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.
Martin Kampmann is a retired Danish professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Warriors World Middleweight Champion.
Ivan Menjivar was a Salvadorian-Canadian mixed martial artist who formerly fought in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Carlos Joseph Condit is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion. Condit formerly fought in the UFC's sister promotion, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), where he was the final Welterweight Champion. Condit has also competed for both Shootboxing and Pancrase in Japan.
Mark Bocek is a Canadian retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor for ten years from 2004 to 2014, Bocek has also formerly competed for King of the Cage.
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