UFC 154

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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit
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The poster for UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 17, 2012
Venue Bell Centre
City Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance17,249 [1]
Total gate$3,143,000 [1]
Buyrate700,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2012, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

Parent company Zuffa, LLC produced a UFC Primetime special to promote the title unification match main event. [5] In addition, UFC 154 was shown in more than 350 movie theaters in the United States. [6]

Fabio Maldonado was briefly linked to a bout with Cyrille Diabaté at the event. [7] However, Maldonado was moved to UFC 153 to face Glover Teixeira. [8] Chad Griggs ended up replacing Maldonado to face Diabaté. [9]

Stephen Thompson was expected to face Besam Yousef at the event. However, Thompson was forced out of the bout with a knee injury and was replaced by Matthew Riddle. [10] Yousef was then forced out with injury, and replaced by John Maguire. [11]

A bout between Nick Ring and Costas Philippou was expected to take place at this event. However, the fight was scrapped when Ring fell ill the day of the fight. As a result, Mark Bocek and Rafael Dos Anjos was moved to the main card. [12]

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre (c)def. Carlos Condit (ic)Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45)55:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Johny Hendricks def. Martin Kampmann KO (punch)10:46
Middleweight Francis Carmont def. Tom Lawlor Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos def. Mark Bocek Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Pablo Garza def. Mark Hominick Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 30–26)35:00
Preliminary Card (FX)
Middleweight Patrick Côté def. Alessio Sakara DQ (punches to the back of the head)11:26
Light Heavyweight Cyrille Diabaté def. Chad Griggs Submission (rear-naked choke)12:24
Lightweight John Makdessi def. Sam Stout Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Antonio Carvalho def. Rodrigo Damm Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary Card (Facebook and YouTube)
Welterweight Matthew Riddle def. John Maguire Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Ivan Menjivar def.Azamat GashimovSubmission (armbar)12:44
Featherweight Darren Elkins def. Steven Siler Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
  1. UFC Welterweight Championship unification bout.

Bonus awards

Fighters were each awarded $70,000 bonuses: [13]

See also

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