UFC 139

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, USA.^[3] The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in San Jose, the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce.

Background

UFC 139 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV.^[4]

UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was originally expected to have his first title defense against Junior dos Santos at this event.^[5] However, on September 2, 2011, the UFC announced that fight would be moved to the inaugural UFC on Fox event.^[6]

Vitor Belfort was briefly linked to a matchup with Cung Le at this event.^[7] However, Belfort was removed from the bout and replaced by Wanderlei Silva.^[8]

Dana White announced that the winner of the main event between Rua and Henderson will likely be in line for a Light Heavyweight title shot.^[9]

Johnny Eduardo was expected to face Michael McDonald at the event.^[10] However, Eduardo was forced from the card with a shoulder injury^[11] and replaced by promotional newcomer Alex Soto.^[12]

It was initially suspected that the first Spike TV preliminary fight would feature Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman, but it became known that it was Michael McDonald fighting UFC newcomer Alex Soto instead.^[13]

During the official UFC 139 weigh ins, Shamar Bailey and Nick Pace failed to make the weight limit for their respective weight classes. Bailey came in 3 pounds over, while Pace came in six pounds over. Each fighter was fined 20 percent of their earnings and their bouts took at catchweights of 158 lbs and 141 lbs respectively.^[14]

Results

Preliminary card (Facebook)

• Catchweight (158 lb) bout: Shamar Bailey vs. Danny Castillo

Castillo defeated Bailey via TKO (punches) at 4:52 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Bader vs. Brilz fight.

• Welterweight bout: Matt Brown vs. Seth Baczynski

Baczynski defeated Brown via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:42 of round 2. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the McDonald vs. Soto fight.

• Catchweight (141 lb) bout: Miguel Torres vs. Nick Pace

Torres defeated Pace via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Rafael dos Anjos

Tibau defeated dos Anjos via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 30–27).

• Middleweight bout: Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman

Weidman defeated Lawlor via technical submission (D'Arce choke) at 2:07 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Bailey vs. Castillo fight.

Preliminary card (televised)

• Bantamweight bout: Michael McDonald vs. Alex Soto

McDonald defeated Soto via KO (punches) at 0:56 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz

Bader defeated Brilz via KO (punch) at 1:17 of round 1.

Main card

• Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury

Bonnar defeated Kingsbury via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–25, 30–27).

• Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story

Kampmann defeated Story via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

• Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Brian Bowles

Faber defeated Bowles via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:27 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le

Silva defeated Le via TKO (knees and punches) at 4:49 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson

Henderson defeated Rua via unanimous decision (48–47, 48–47, 48–47).

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.^[15]

• Fight of the Night: Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le and Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson
• Knockout of the Night: Michael McDonald
• Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber

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.^[16]

• Dan Henderson: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Maurício Rua: $165,000
• Wanderlei Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Cung Le: $350,000
• Urijah Faber: $64,000 ($32,000 win bonus) def. Brian Bowles: $19,000
• Martin Kampmann: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus) def. Rick Story: $19,000
• Stephan Bonnar: $68,000 ($34,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Kingsbury: $10,000
• Ryan Bader: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus) def. Jason Brilz: $13,000
• Michael McDonald: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Alex Soto: $6,000
• Chris Weidman: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Tom Lawlor: $12,000
• Gleison Tibau: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Rafael dos Anjos: $16,000
• Miguel Torres: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Nick Pace: $4,000 ^
• Seth Baczynski: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Matt Brown: $12,000
• Danny Castillo: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Shamar Bailey: $8,000 ^

^ Shamar Bailey and Nick Pace were reportedly fined 20 percent of their purse for failing to make the required weight for their respective fights. The CSAC's initial report did not include information on the penalty.

Entrance music

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