| UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 20, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Bridgestone Arena | |||
| City | Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Attendance | 7,728 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $334,860 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller (also known as UFC on FX 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 20, 2012 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. [2]
The event was the second to be broadcast as part of a seven-year agreement between the UFC and Fox, and the inaugural event to air on FX. [3]
The UFC's second announce team made their debut at this event, featuring former Bellator announcer Jon Anik on play-by-play and UFC lightweight Kenny Florian on color commentary. Anik and Florian had previously worked together as hosts of the ESPN2 series MMA Live. [4]
A featherweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Robert Peralta was briefly linked to this event, [5] but it was later confirmed that Oliveira would instead be facing Eric Wisely a week later at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis.
Rafaello Oliveira was expected to fight Reza Madadi at the event. However, after a hand injury, Oliveira pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Fabrício Camões. [6] Madadi would later withdraw from the bout due to injury as well and was replaced by promotional newcomer Tommy Hayden. [7]
Mike Brown was expected to face Vagner Rocha, but was forced out of the bout with an injury. [8] Rocha will instead face Jonathan Brookins at UFC on Fuel TV 1. [9]
Ken Stone was expected to fight Mike Easton at this event, but was forced from the bout due to injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Jared Papazian. [10]
UFC newcomer Ryan Jimmo was expected to face Karlos Vemola at this event, but the bout was cancelled after Jimmo fell injured a week prior to the event. [11]
This event featured the UFC debut of future UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
| Main card (FX) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | def. | Melvin Guillard | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Neer | def. | Duane Ludwig | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Bantamweight | Mike Easton | def. | Jared Papazian | Decision (majority) (29–28, 30–27, 29–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Pat Barry | def. | Christian Morecraft | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:38 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | Eric Schafer | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:31 | |
| Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov | def. | Kamal Shalorus | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:08 | |
| Welterweight | Charlie Brenneman | def. | Daniel Roberts | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Fabrício Camões | def. | Tommy Hayden | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Featherweight | Daniel Pineda | def. | Pat Schilling | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:37 | |
| Bantamweight | Nick Denis | def. | Joseph Sandoval | KO (elbows) | 1 | 0:22 | [lower-alpha 1] |
The following fighters were awarded $45,000 bonuses. [13]
Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA and World Series of Fighting. He debuted in the company on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing to Josh Burkman by decision in the first Welterweight elimination bout. Guillard currently holds the UFC record for most TKO/KO victories (eight) in the Lightweight division, surpassing the previous record held by Multi-Divisional Champion B.J. Penn with his knockout of Shane Roller at UFC 132. He again extended this record in his knockout victory over Mac Danzig at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga.
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