UFC 125

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2011

UFC 125: Resolution

The poster for UFC 125: Resolution

Information

Promotion

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Date

January 1, 2011

Venue

MGM Grand Garden Arena

City

Las Vegas, Nevada

Attendance

12,874^[1]

Total gate

$2,174,780^[1]

Buyrate

270,000^[2]

Event chronology

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2

UFC 125: Resolution

UFC: Fight for the Troops 2

UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[3]

Background

The planned rematch between UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen from their UFC 117 bout was at one point thought to take place at this event.^[4]^[5]

On October 26, 2010, Shane Carwin had to pull out of his fight with Roy Nelson due to a back injury that required surgery. Nelson was then pulled from the card altogether.^[6]

On October 28, 2010, UFC president Dana White announced that World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) would merge with the UFC and that WEC Featherweight Champion José Aldo would be promoted to UFC Featherweight Champion.^[7] Josh Grispi was pulled from a planned WEC 52 bout with Erik Koch to challenge Aldo for the Featherweight title at this event.^[8] However, Aldo was later forced off the card with an injury.^[9] Grispi remained on the card and fought Dustin Poirier.^[10]

A lightweight bout between Cole Miller and Matt Wiman, which was originally scheduled to take place at this event, was moved to UFC: Fight For The Troops 2.^[11]

UFC 125 preliminary fights were shown live for the first time on Ion Television in the United States.^[12] The preliminary fights were shown live in the United Kingdom on ESPN, Rogers Sportsnet in Canada^[13] and Fuel TV in Australia.^[14]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Frankie Edgar (c)	vs.	Gray Maynard	Draw (split) (46–48, 48–46, 47–47)	5	5:00	^[a]
Middleweight	Brian Stann	def.	Chris Leben	TKO (knee and punches)	1	3:37
Light Heavyweight	Thiago Silva	vs.	Brandon Vera	No Contest (overturned)	3	5:00	^[b]
Welterweight	Dong Hyun Kim	def.	Nate Diaz	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Clay Guida	def.	Takanori Gomi	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	4:27
Preliminary card (Ion TV)
Lightweight	Jeremy Stephens	def.	Marcus Davis	KO (punch)	3	2:33
Featherweight	Dustin Poirier	def.	Josh Grispi	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	def.	Phil Baroni	KO (knees and punches)	1	4:20
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Diego Nunes	def.	Mike Brown	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Daniel Roberts	def.	Greg Soto	Submission (kimura)	1	3:45
Lightweight	Jacob Volkmann	def.	Antonio McKee	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship
^ Originally a unanimous decision win for Silva; result overturned after Silva falsified his urine sample.^[15]^[16]

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.^[17]

Fight of the Night: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Knockout of the Night: Jeremy Stephens
Submission of the Night: Clay Guida

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada 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.^[18]

Frankie Edgar: $102,000 ($51,000 win bonus) vs. Gray Maynard: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) ^
Brian Stann: $122,000 ($21,000 win bonus) def. Chris Leben: $96,000
Thiago Silva: $110,000 ($55,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Vera: $70,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def. Nate Diaz: $63,000
Clay Guida: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus) def. Takanori Gomi: $50,000
Jeremy Stephens: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $31,000
Dustin Poirier: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000
Brad Tavares: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000
Diego Nunes: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown: $23,000
Daniel Roberts: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Greg Soto: $8,000
Jacob Volkmann: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Antonio McKee: $15,000

^Although not reflected in the NSAC paperwork, both Edgar and Maynard received their win bonuses despite the draw.

References

^ ^a ^b Ray Hui (13 January 2011). "UFC 125 Draws Paid Attendance of 6,978". MMA Fighting.
^ "UFC 127, 128 PPV Buyrate Updates".
^ "UFC 125: Resolution". ufc.com. October 21, 2010.
^ "MMA Archives".
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^ "New UFC Featherweight champ Jose Aldo defends title at UFC 125". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29.
^ Fernando Quiles Jr. (29 October 2010). "UFC 125: Jose Aldo vs Josh Grispi in the works for Jan. 1 in Las Vegas".
^ "Injury forces new UFC champ Jose Aldo to withdraw from UFC 125". MMAjunkie. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11.
^ "With Jose Aldo out, Dustin Poirier faces Josh Grispi at UFC 125". MMAjunkie. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.
^ "Miller vs. Wiman, Freire vs. Lowe official for UFC Fight Night 23".
^ "Ion Television lands UFC 125 prelims; Dana White promises three fights". mmajunkie.com. December 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
^ "UFC 125 prelims air live on ESPN in U.K., Rogers Sportsnet in Canada". mmajunkie.com. 2010-12-29.
^ "Fuel TV to broadcast Live UFC action". foxsports.com.au. 2010-12-31.
^ "Thiago Silva's UFC 125 drug test results indicate non-human sample". MMAWeekly.com. March 29, 2011.
^ Okamoto, Brett (April 7, 2011). "Thiago Silva suspended 1 year". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
^ "UFC 125 bonuses: Edgar, Maynard, Stephens and Guida each earn $60K awards". MMAjunkie.com. January 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012.
^ "UFC 125 salaries: Thiago Silva and Frankie Edgar top $872K fighter payroll".