UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann

UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 3, 2012
Venue	Allphones Arena
City	Sydney, Australia
Attendance	14,537
Total gate	$2,200,000
Event chronology
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva

UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann (also known as UFC on FX 2) was a mixed martial arts event held live by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday March 3, 2012 at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Background

UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann was the promotion's 200^th event.

The event was the third UFC card to be held in Australia and the second to be televised on FX. Ticket sales for the event were slower than the two previous UFC events held in Australia, UFC 110 and UFC 127. These events led to record ticket-sales, with UFC 110 becoming the second fastest sell-out in UFC history and UFC 127 equaled the fastest sell-out (30 minutes). UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann was the most successful "Fight Night" event in the company's history in terms of box office.

The event also made history by playing host the first ever flyweight fights in UFC history as part of the semifinals for the Flyweight Tournament, the winner of which would be crowned the inaugural UFC Flyweight Champion.

Jared Hamman was expected to face Kyle Noke at this event, but withdrew from the bout due to an injury. Noke instead faced promotional newcomer Andrew Craig.

Robbie Peralta was expected to rematch Mackens Semerzier at this event, but pulled out of the bout due to an injury. Semerzier instead faced Daniel Pineda.

Scoring controversy

A stipulation put in place for the flyweight tournament stated that if any of the tournament fights were to end in a draw, a fourth "sudden death" round would take place. The Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall fight went the distance and the Australian althletic commission collected and totaled the judges' score cards. The fight was announced as a majority decision win for Johnson. However, upon reviewing the point totals later in the evening, the athletic commission discovered that they had added up the judges' score cards incorrectly and that the fight should have been declared a majority draw and resulted in a fourth round. The althletic commission informed UFC officials of the error and at the post-fight press conference Dana White announced that both fighters were made aware of the situation, that the Flyweight Tournament fight between Johnson and McCall had been scored incorrectly, and that fight did indeed end in a majority draw. The error was corrected and the majority decision win for Johnson was overturned, but the previously announced fourth round tie breaker could not be fought. Johnson and McCall would be forced to repeat their fight, thus delaying the finish of the first round of the Flyweight Tournament. Johnson and McCall fought again on June 8, 2012 at UFC on FX 3.

Results

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout: Oli Thompson vs. Shawn Jordan

Jordan defeated Thompson via TKO (knee and punches) at 3:53 of round 2. This bout aired on the Fuel TV broadcast following the Perosh vs. Penner fight.

Preliminary card (Fuel TV)

• Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda

Pineda defeated Semerzier via submission (triangle-armbar) at 2:05 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout: TJ Waldburger vs. Jake Hecht

Waldburger defeated Hecht via submission (armbar) at 0:55 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Andrew Craig

Craig defeated Noke via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Featherweight bout: Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler

Siler defeated Miller via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Light Heavyweight bout: Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner

Perosh defeated Penner via TKO (punches) at 4:59 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout: James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa

Te Huna defeated Rosa via TKO (punches) at 2:08 of round 1.

Main card

• Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Costa Philippou

Philippou defeated McGee via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Flyweight Tournament Semifinal bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani

Benavidez defeated Urushitani via TKO (punches) at 0:11 of round 2.

• Flyweight Tournament Semifinal bout: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall

Johnson and McCall fought to a majority draw (29–28 Johnson, 29–29, 28–28). The fight was initially announced incorrectly as a split decision win (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) for Johnson.

• Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann

Kampmann defeated Alves via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:12 of round 3.

Flyweight Championship bracket

	Semifinals UFC on FX 2 / UFC on FX 3					Finals UFC 152
	Joseph Benavidez		TKO
	Yasuhiro Urushitani		2
						Joseph Benavidez		SD
						Demetrious Johnson		5
	Demetrious Johnson1		UD
	Ian McCall		3

¹ The initial semifinal bout between Johnson and McCall at UFC on FX 2 ended in a draw. Johnson defeated McCall in a rematch at UFC on FX 3.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
• Knockout of the Night: Joseph Benavidez
• Submission of the Night: Martin Kampmann

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported. 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.

• Martin Kampmann: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves: $33,000
• Joseph Benavidez: $43,000 (includes $21,500 win bonus) def. Yasuhiro Urushitani: $6,000
• Demetrious Johnson: $16,000 vs. Ian McCall $6,000 ^
• Constantinos Philippou: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Court McGee: $15,000
• James Te-Huna: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Aaron Rosa: $6,000
• Anthony Perosh: $16,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nick Penner: $6,000
• Steven Siler: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Cole Miller: $17,000
• Andrew Craig: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Noke: $8,000
• TJ Waldburger: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Jake Hecht: $6,000
• Daniel Pineda: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier: $8,000
• Shawn Jordan: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Oli Thompson: $6,000

^ Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.