| UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 24, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Staples Center | |||
| City | Los Angeles, California, USA | |||
| Attendance | 14,892[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,913,093[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 500,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
|
||||
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Contents |
As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card would air live and commercial-free during an hour-long block on Spike.[4]
Chase Gormley, who was slated to face Ben Rothwell, instead faced Stefan Struve after Rothwell's opponent was changed to Cain Velasquez.[5] An injured Sean Sherk was replaced by Josh Neer against Gleison Tibau.[6]
Additionally, on the day of the weigh-in, two fights were changed to catchweight status as Anthony Johnson, Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau all came in over the weight limit of their respective weight classes.[7]
Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.[8]
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.[9]
^ Anthony Johnson was reportedly fined 20 percent of his purse for failing to make the 170-pound welterweight limit. The CSAC's initial report did not include information on the penalty.
^ Due to the controversy surrounding the main event Rua received his full pay including his win bonus.[10]
| Fighter | Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Johnson | Young Jeezy | "Welcome Back" | The Recession |
| Ben Rothwell | Nickelback | "Burn It to the Ground" | Dark Horse |
| Cain Velasquez | Vicente Fernández | "Los Mandados" | A Pesar de Todo |
| Chael Sonnen | Daryle Singletary | "Too Much Fun" | Daryle Singletary |
| Chase Gormley | Iron Maiden | "The Number of the Beast" | The Number of the Beast |
| Eric Schafer | Kanye West | "Stronger" | Graduation |
| Gleison Tibau | Black Sabbath | "Iron Man" | Paranoid |
| Joe Stevenson | The Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" | The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) |
| Jorge Rivera | Drake (feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy) | "I'm Goin' In" | So Far Gone |
| Josh Neer | 2Pac (feat. George Clinton) | "Can't C Me" | All Eyez On Me |
| Kyle Kingsbury | Duran Duran | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Greatest Hits |
| Lyoto Machida | Linkin Park | "Bleed It Out" | Minutes to Midnight [Clean] |
| Mauricio "Shogun" Rua | Armin van Buuren | "Sail" | Single |
| Razak Al-Hassan | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "All Along The Watchtower" | Electric Ladyland |
| Rob Kimmons | Lecrae (feat. Cam & Dwayne Tryumf) | "Don't Waste Your Life" | Rebel |
| Ryan Bader | Rage Against The Machine | "Imperial March (Rage Remix)" | Star Wars: Force Commander |
| Spencer Fisher | Johnny Cash | "God's Gonna Cut You Down" | American V: A Hundred Highways |
| Stefan Struve | Marilyn Manson | "Seizure of Power" | Resident Evil OST |
| Yoshiyuki Yoshida | Yoshida Brothers | "Matrugada" | Yoshida Brothers |
| Yushin Okami | T. Rex | "20th Century Boy" | Tanx [US Bonus Tracks] |