UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos

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UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos
UFC on Fox Velasquez vs. Dos Santos.jpg
The poster for UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 12, 2011
Venue Honda Center
City Anaheim, California
Attendance11,607 [1]
Total gate$1,072,187 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson

UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos (also known as UFC on Fox 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. [2]

Contents

Background

This card marked the UFC's debut on the Fox Network. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta confirmed that the debut show would be a one-hour special with only the main event airing live on television, but a full preliminary card taking place beforehand. [3] [4]

Fox Deportes aired the Guida vs. Henderson, Poirier vs. Garza, Swanson vs. Lamas, and Johnson vs. Harvison fights. [5]

The winner of the Clay Guida/Benson Henderson fight determined who was next to get a title shot against Frankie Edgar (the reigning champion at the time), at UFC 144 in Japan. [6]

The UFC on Fox main event broadcast marked the most-watched live hour ever for MMA in the United States and averaged 5.7 million viewers. [7] The ratings peaked in the United States at 8.8 million viewers for the main event. [8]

Results

Main event (Fox)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Junior dos Santos def. Cain Velasquez (c)KO (punches)11:04 [lower-alpha 1]
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Lightweight Benson Henderson def. Clay Guida Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)35:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Dustin Poirier def. Pablo Garza Submission (D'Arce choke)21:32
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas def. Cub Swanson Submission (arm-triangle choke)22:16
Welterweight DaMarques Johnson def. Clay Harvison KO (punches)11:34 [lower-alpha 3]
Bantamweight Darren Uyenoyama def. Norifumi Yamamoto Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Robbie Peralta vs. Mackens Semerzier No Contest (accidental clash of heads)31:54 [lower-alpha 4]
Bantamweight Alex Caceres def. Cole Escovedo Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Mike Pierce def. Paul Bradley Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Light Heavyweight Aaron Rosa def.Matt LucasDecision (majority) (28–28, 30–26, 30–26)35:00 [lower-alpha 5]
  1. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  2. This UFC Lightweight Championship title eliminator bout aired on the broadcast followed by the dos Santos vs Velasquez bout.
  3. This bout aired on the broadcast following the dos Santos vs Velasquez bout.
  4. Originally ruled a TKO victory for Peralta, result was overturned due to replay indicating the damage was initiated by an accidental headbutt.
  5. Lucas had 1 point deducted in round 2 for dropping his mouthpiece for the second time.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses. [9]

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California 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. [10]

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