| UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 26, 2011 | |||
| Venue | KeyArena | |||
| City | Seattle, Washington | |||
| Attendance | 13,741 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,182,850 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis (also known as UFC Fight Night 24) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 26, 2011 at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. [2]
The event did not lead into the season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 13 as has been the case for most of that program's seasonal debuts. That took place on March 30.
On February 19, 2011, Dana White alerted followers on Twitter that Tito Ortiz had to pull out of his fight with Antônio Rogério Nogueira, after receiving a severe cut on his forehead, and would be replaced by Phil Davis. [3]
On March 5, Duane Ludwig was forced out of his fight with Amir Sadollah due to injury. James Wilks was tapped as his replacement. [4] Wilks then injured himself, and was forced to withdraw from the bout. DaMarques Johnson was the replacement. [5] Also on March 5, Dennis Hallman suffered a knee injury in training and was forced out of his bout against TJ Waldburger. Johny Hendricks stepped in as Hallman's replacement. [6]
On March 16, Nick Pace was forced out of his bout against Michael McDonald due to suffering an injury. Promotional newcomer Edwin Figueroa stepped in as his replacement. [7]
Also on March 16, a broken foot forced Nam Phan out of his rematch with Leonard Garcia and was replaced by Chan Sung Jung creating a rematch from their Fight of the Night performance at WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber, which ended in a controversial decision win for Garcia (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
The UFC announced via their official Twitter account that five preliminary bouts would stream on Facebook. [8] This would also be the last UFC event until UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis the following year to feature at least one unaired preliminary fight.
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Phil Davis | def. | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Johnson | def. | Dan Hardy | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Amir Sadollah | def. | DaMarques Johnson | TKO (submission to strikes) | 2 | 3:27 | |
| Featherweight | Chan Sung Jung | def. | Leonard Garcia | Submission (twister) | 2 | 4:59 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook) | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mike Russow | def. | Jon Madsen | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Mackens Semerzier | def. | Alex Caceres | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:18 | |
| Welterweight | John Hathaway | def. | Kris McCray | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Michael McDonald | def. | Edwin Figueroa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Christian Morecraft | def. | Sean McCorkle | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:10 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | Johny Hendricks | def. | TJ Waldburger | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Middleweight | Aaron Simpson | def. | Mario Miranda | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Nik Lentz | def. | Waylon Lowe | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 2:24 | |
Fighters were awarded $55,000 bonuses. [9]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Washington State Department of Licensing. 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. [10]
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