UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le

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UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le
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The poster for UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 10, 2012
Venue CotaiArena
City Macau, SAR, China
Attendance8,415 [1]
Total gate$1,300,000 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit

UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le (also known as UFC on Fuel TV 6) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 10, 2012, at the Macau, SAR, China. [2] It was the first UFC event held in China. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Background

As a result of the cancellation of UFC 151, bouts between Takeya Mizugaki vs. Jeff Hougland and John Lineker vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani were rescheduled for this event. [9]

Marcelo Guimarães was expected to face Hyun Gyu Lim at the event; however, Guimarães was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by David Mitchell. [10] Lim was then pulled from the bout by doctors and the fight was subsequently cancelled. [11]

Kyung Ho Kang was expected to face Alex Caceres at this event; however, Kang was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Motonobu Tezuka. [12]

Results

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Cung Le def. Rich Franklin KO (punch)12:17
Light Heavyweight Thiago Silva vs. Stanislav Nedkov No Contest (overturned)31:45 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Dong Hyun Kim def. Paulo Thiago Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Takanori Gomi def. Mac Danzig Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Jon Tuck def. Zhang Tiequan Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki def. Jeff Hougland Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight Alex Caceres def.Motonobu TezukaDecision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Flyweight John Lineker def. Yasuhiro Urushitani Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Middleweight Riki Fukuda def. Tom DeBlass Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
  1. ↑ Originally ruled a Submission (arm-triangle choke) victory for Silva, result was overturned due to testing positive for a banned substance.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ Martin, Damon (2012-07-04). "UFC Officially Heading to China for Fuel TV Event". MMAWeekly.com. Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  3. ↑ "UFC Macao: Franklin vs. Le Announced for Nov. 10". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
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  8. ↑ "Franklin, Le bring their passion to Macau for UFC on Fuel TV 6". The Sports Network. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  9. ↑ Staff (2012-08-24). "Mizugaki-Hougland, Urushitani-Lineker move from UFC 151 to UFC on FUEL TV 6 in Macau". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
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