UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | September 17, 2011 | |||
Venue | Morial Convention Center | |||
City | New Orleans, Louisiana | |||
Attendance | 7,112 [1] | |||
Total gate | $685,000 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger (also known as UFC Fight Night 25 or UFC Fight Night: Battle on the Bayou) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 17, 2011 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. [2]
The event was the seventh time that the organization has held an event in Louisiana and first since UFC 37 in 2002.
The event was the last UFC Fight Night aired on Spike, and in general, the last UFC Fight Night labeled event until the debut of Fox Sports 1 in 2013. After that, all UFC main cards on cable/satellite Fox channels would be labeled UFC Fight Night. And, in addition to cable/satellite Fox UFC events, most UFC Fight Pass main events would also be labeled UFC Fight Night.
Mackens Semerzier was expected to face Mike Lullo at the event, [3] but pulled out of the event on August 31 [4] and was replaced by Robbie Peralta [5]
DaMarques Johnson was expected to face Clay Harvison at the event, [6] but pulled out of the bout with an injury on August 31 and was replaced by Seth Baczynski. [7]
Daniel Roberts was originally scheduled to face TJ Waldburger, but pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by Mike Stumpf. [8]
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Jake Ellenberger | def. | Jake Shields | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 0:53 | |
Middleweight | Court McGee | def. | Dongi Yang | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Erik Koch | def. | Jonathan Brookins | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Alan Belcher | def. | Jason MacDonald | TKO (submission to strikes) | 1 | 3:48 | |
Preliminary card (Facebook) | |||||||
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Vagner Rocha | def. | Cody McKenzie | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:49 | |
Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Shamar Bailey | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Lance Benoist | def. | Matthew Riddle | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Ken Stone | def. | Donny Walker | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:40 | |
Welterweight | Seth Baczynski | def. | Clay Harvison | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:12 | |
Welterweight | TJ Waldburger | def. | Mike Stumpf | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:52 | |
Featherweight | Robbie Peralta | def. | Mike Lullo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Justin Edwards | def. | Jorge Lopez | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
Fighters were awarded $55,000 bonuses. [10]
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