UFC 101

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2009

UFC 101: Declaration

The poster for UFC 101: Declaration

Information

Promotion

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Date

August 8, 2009

Venue

Wachovia Center

City

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance

17,411^[1]

Total gate

$3,550,000^[1]

Buyrate

850,000^[2]

Event chronology

UFC 100

UFC 101: Declaration

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

UFC 101: Declaration^[3] was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first UFC event held in Philadelphia.^[3] The event featured the second title defense of Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn against Kenny Florian, and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout for Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.

Background

A previously announced bout between Rousimar Palhares and Alessio Sakara^[4] was cancelled due to a broken leg suffered by Palhares during training.^[5] Thales Leites stepped in to face Sakara.^[6]

George Roop stepped in against George Sotiropoulos after Rob Emerson pulled out of the matchup due to a cut requiring stitches.^[7]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def	Kenny Florian	Submission (rear-naked choke)	4	3:54	^[a]
Light Heavyweight	Anderson Silva	def	Forrest Griffin	KO (punch)	1	3:23
Lightweight	Aaron Riley	def	Shane Nelson	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^[b]
Welterweight	Johny Hendricks	def	Amir Sadollah	TKO (punches)	1	0:29
Middleweight	Ricardo Almeida	def	Kendall Grove	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	def	Josh Neer	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	John Howard	def	Tamdan McCrory	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Alessio Sakara	def	Thales Leites	Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Matthew Riddle	def	Dan Cramer	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–26, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	George Sotiropoulos	def	George Roop	Submission (kimura)	2	1:59
Welterweight	Jesse Lennox	def	Danillo Villefort	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	3:37

^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
^ This bout, originally scheduled for the preliminary card, was moved to the main card due to time constraints.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.^[8]

Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva
Submission of the Night: B.J. Penn

References

^ ^a ^b Stupp, Dann (August 9, 2009). "UFC 101 draws 17,411 attendance for Pennsylvania state record $3.55 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
^ Meltzer, Dave (2010-02-15). "UFC remains king of PPV hill". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
^ ^a ^b "UFC 101". Ufc.com. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
^ "Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares set for UFC 101". MMAjunkie.com. April 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
^ "ROUSIMAR PALHARES SUFFERS BROKEN LEG". Mma Weekly. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
^ "LEITES IN FOR INJURED PALHARES AT UFC 101". MMA Weekly.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
^ Morgan, John. "Cut forces Rob Emerson out of UFC 101 bout; George Roop reported as replacement". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
^ John Morgan (2009-08-09). "UFC 101 bonuses: B.J. Penn and Forrest Griffin take $60K, Anderson Silva earns $120K". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.