UFC 124

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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2
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The poster for UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 11, 2010
Venue Bell Centre
City Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance23,152 [1]
Total gate$4,600,000 [1]
Buyrate800,000 [2]
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 UFC 125: Resolution

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 11, 2010 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [3] The event was the fourth that the UFC has hosted at the Bell Centre following UFC 83, UFC 97 and UFC 113 and the fifth event held in Canada along with UFC 115 which was held in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Contents

Background

A training injury forced Jason MacDonald out of his fight with Rafael Natal on October 20, 2010. He was replaced by UFC newcomer Jesse Bongfeldt. [4]

On October 26, 2010, Anthony Waldburger had to pull out of his fight with Matthew Riddle due to an injury. [5] He was replaced by Sean Pierson. [6]

UFC 124 featured live preliminary bouts streamed on UFC.com rather than Spike TV due to the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards being aired in the same time slot. [7]

UFC 124 marked the first – and only – time that the UFC let the fans vote online for the Fight of the Night. [8] Dana White stated after that he would never do this again and said "The real fight of the night belonged to Matt Riddle and Sean Pierson".

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre (c)def. Josh Koscheck Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)55:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Stefan Struve def. Sean McCorkle TKO (punches)13:55
Lightweight Jim Miller def. Charles Oliveira Submission (kneebar)11:59
Lightweight Mac Danzig def. Joe Stevenson KO (punch)11:54
Welterweight Thiago Alves def. John Howard Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (UFC.com live stream)
Middleweight Dan Miller def. Joe Doerksen Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Mark Bocek def. Dustin Hazelett Submission (triangle armbar)12:33
Preliminary card
Middleweight Rafael Natal vs.Jesse BongfeldtDraw (majority) (28–28, 28–28, 29–28)35:00
Welterweight Sean Pierson def. Matthew Riddle Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Welterweight Ricardo Almeida def. T. J. Grant Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight John Makdessi def.Pat AudinwoodDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)35:00
  1. For the UFC Welterweight Championship

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $100,000 bonuses. [8]

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