UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens
UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 17 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 7 2009.[3] Originally named UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Franca, Jeremy Stephens stepped up to take on Joe Lauzon after Hermes Franca suffered a torn ACL during training and could no longer participate in this event.[4]
Derek Downey replaced Amir Sadollah after he was sidelined with a broken clavicle. Dan Miller replaced Alessio Sakara who pulled out of the bout with a shoulder injury. Matt Veach replaced George Sotiropoulos who suffered a rib injury.
Results
Preliminary card
- Riddle defeated Bruno via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Catone defeated Downey via submission (keylock) at 1:15 of round 2.
- Tibau defeated Clementi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:35 of round 1.
- Veach defeated Grice via TKO (punches) at 4:34 of round 1. This bout was aired on the live broadcast.
- Miller defeated Rosholt via submission (modified guillotine choke) at 1:03 of round 1. This bout was aired on the live broadcast.
- Pellegrino defeated Emerson via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:14 of round 2.
Main card
- Johnson defeated Fioravanti via TKO (strikes) at 4:39 of round 1.
- Neer defeated Danzig via submission (triangle choke) at 3:36 of round 2.
- Velasquez defeated Stojnić via TKO (strikes) at 2:34 of round 2.
- Lauzon defeated Stephens via submission (armbar) at 4:42 of round 2.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses.[5]
- Fights of the Night: Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer
- Knockout of the Night: Cain Velasquez
- Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon
Purses
- Joe Lauzon $20,000 (includes win bonus of $10,000) def. Jeremy Stephens $10,000[2]
- Cain Velasquez $30,000 (includes win bonus of $15,000) def. Denis Stojnic $5,000
- Josh Neer $18,000 (includes win bonus of $9,000) def. Mac Danzig $15,000
- Anthony Johnson $26,000 (includes win bonus of $13,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti $13,000
- Kurt Pellegrino $32,000 (includes win bonus of $16,000) def. Rob Emerson $10,000
- Dan Miller $18,000 (includes win bonus of $9,000) def. Jake Rosholt $13,000
- Gleison Tibau $26,000 (includes win bonus of $13,000) def. Rich Clementi $23,000
- Matt Veach $6,000 (includes win bonus of $3,000) def. Matt Grice $7,000
- Nick Catone $6,000 (includes win bonus of $3,000) def. Derek Downey $3,000
- Matt Riddle $16,000 (includes win bonus of $8,000) def. Steve Bruno $7,000
References
- ^ a b "MMA Insider Blog". MMAWeekly.com. December 10, 2008. http://www.mmaweekly.com/blog/2008/12/ultimate-fight-night-17-moves-to.asp. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "UFC Fight Night 17 fighters salaries". MmaWeekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8155&zoneid=2. Retrieved February 10, 2009.
- ^ Caplan, Sam (November 18, 2008). "UFC Fight Night 17 scheduled for February 7". FiveOuncesofPain.com. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/11/18/ufc-fight-night-17-scheduled-for-february-7/. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- ^ "Hermes Franca Tears ACL; Off of UFC Fight Night 17". DemandMMA.com. January 26, 2009. http://demandmma.com/news/hermes-franca-tears-acl-off-of-ufc-fight-night-17/. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ "Neer, Danzig, Velasquez and Lauzon each earn $30K UFN 17 bonuses". MMAJunkie.com. February 7, 2009. http://mmajunkie.com/news/13946/neer-danzig-velasquez-and-lauzon-get-30k-ufn-17-bonuses.mma. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
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