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*[[UFC Heavyweight Championship|Heavyweight Championship]] bout: {{flagicon|USA}} '''Champion''' [[Brock Lesnar]] vs. {{flagicon|USA}} '''Interim Champion''' [[Frank Mir]]<ref name="UFC100">{{cite web|url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=2016 |title=UFC® 100 |publisher=Ufc.com |date= |accessdate=2009-04-09}}</ref>
*[[UFC Heavyweight Championship|Heavyweight Championship]] bout: {{flagicon|USA}} '''Champion''' [[Brock Lesnar]] vs. {{flagicon|USA}} '''Interim Champion''' [[Frank Mir]]<ref name="UFC100">{{cite web|url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=2016 |title=UFC® 100 |publisher=Ufc.com |date= |accessdate=2009-04-09}}</ref>
*[[UFC Welterweight Championship|Welterweight Championship]] bout: {{flagicon|Canada}}[[Georges St-Pierre]] vs. {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Thiago Alves]]<ref name="UFC100" />
*[[UFC Welterweight Championship|Welterweight Championship]] bout: {{flagicon|Canada}} '''Champion''' [[Georges St-Pierre]] vs. {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Thiago Alves]]<ref name="UFC100" />
*Welterweight bout: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Fitch]] vs. {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Thiago]]<ref name="UFC100" />
*Welterweight bout: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Fitch]] vs. {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Thiago]]<ref name="UFC100" />
*Middleweight bout: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Henderson]] vs. {{flagicon|UK}} [[Michael Bisping]]<ref name="UFC100" />
*Middleweight bout: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Henderson]] vs. {{flagicon|UK}} [[Michael Bisping]]<ref name="UFC100" />

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UFC 100
The poster for UFC 100
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 11, 2009
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center
CityLas Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale UFC 100 UFC 101: Declaration

UFC 100 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] The event will include two championship bouts (Heavyweight and Welterweight) and a fight between the two coaches of the most recent Ultimate Fighter. The event had been announced as sold-out, before the tickets were even made available to the general public.[2]

Background

The main event will feature a rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, and UFC Interim-Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. This title unification bout occurred as a result of former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture's year-long "resignation" from the company. During his absence, the UFC created an Interim-Heavyweight Championship that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had won by defeating Tim Sylvia. Nogueira and Mir were scheduled to be opposing coaches in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, and would fight for the interim championship at the conclusion of the show. The Ultimate Fighter is a single-elimination reality series featuring fledgling professional MMA fighters competing for the title of The Ultimate Fighter, and a six-figure, multi-fight contract with the UFC.

During the airing of the television program, Couture returned to the company and UFC President Dana White announced that he would defend his title against Lesnar at UFC 91. This meant that the winner of the Couture-Lesnar and Nogueira-Mir matches would face off for the undisputed crown.[3] In his fourth professional fight, Lesnar defeated Couture via technical knockout to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion.[4] Mir was crowned the interim champion after becoming the first fighter to ever finish Nogueira.[5] The match between Lesnar and Mir was now set for UFC 98. However, Mir suffered a knee injury during training and was forced out of the bout.[6] It was announced a day later that the proposed fight would be moved to UFC 100 instead.[7] Lesnar and Mir have fought once before, during Brock's UFC debut at UFC 81. Lesnar controlled much of the bout, and mounted a successful ground and pound attack. During the exchange on the ground, Mir got hold of Lesnar's leg and locked up a kneebar. Lesnar could not escape and was forced to tap out, awarding Mir the victory.[8]

The co-main event will feature Yahoo! Sports' top pound-for-pound fighter (tied with Fedor Emelianenko),[9] Georges St-Pierre, defending his UFC Welterweight Championship against MMAWeekly.com's 2008 Fighter of the Year, Thiago Alves.[10] St-Pierre is a fighter with strong wrestling, and trains with the Canadian Olympic team. His conditioning, strength and athleticism have also been identified as strong attributes.[11][12] Thiago Alves is well-versed in the Muay Thai striking discipline, and was dubbed by Setanta Sports as the "Muay Thai wrecking ball".[13] Alves enters the fight with consecutive victories over three of the top UFC welterweights in Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, and Karo Parisyan.[14] Meanwhile, St-Pierre enters the bout with successful title defenses against top contender Jon Fitch, and UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn.[15]

The third match on the card will be between two top middleweight contenders, Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping. The two are opposing coaches in the ongoing season of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom, with Henderson leading Team USA and Bisping heading Team UK, respectively. Henderson is a former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler also noted for the punching power in his right hand and his excellent chin.[16] He is the first fighter to concurrently hold championship belts in two separate weight classes in a major organization (he did so in PrideFC).[17] Following the sale of PrideFC, Henderson entered the UFC and lost his championships to Quinton Jackson and Anderson Silva in back-to-back unification contests. His latest fight was a decision victory over Rich Franklin at UFC 93. Bisping started his career as a light heavyweight and was the winner of the third season of The Ultimate Fighter. He has compiled a professional MMA record of 18–1, and has been undefeated since moving to middleweight. He enters the bout with victories over Charles McCarthy, Jason Day and Chris Leben. On June 2nd it was announced that the winner of the Henderson-Bisping Fight will get a shot at the UFC Middleweight Championship against Anderson Silva at a later date.[18][19]

A preliminary match-up between Dong Hyun Kim and Jonathan Goulet was orginally scheduled to be on the card, but Goulet had to pull out of the bout with a shoulder injury. TJ Grant was named as his replacement.

Official Fight Card

Main card

Preliminary card

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "UFC® 100". Ufc.com. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  2. ^ Stupp, Dann (2009-04-10). "UFC 100 sold out – before tickets even go on sale to the general public". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ^ Iole, Kevin. "Couture returns to UFC, faces Lesnar - MMA - Yahoo! Canada Sports". Ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ^ Iole, Kevin. "Lesnar drops Couture for UFC heavyweight crown - MMA - Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  5. ^ Sievert, Steve (2009-01-05). "Sizing up Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir II". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  6. ^ March 6, 2009 (2009-03-06). "Injury to Frank Mir forces cancellation of UFC 98 rematch vs. Brock Lesnar". Five Ounces of Pain. Retrieved 2009-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Meltzer, Dave. "UFC moves Lesnar-Mir to UFC 100 - MMA - Yahoo! Canada Sports". Ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  8. ^ "UFC 81 Play-by-Play". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  9. ^ Doyle, Dave. "Rankings: A new tie - MMA - Yahoo! Canada Sports". Ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  10. ^ "Alves starts prep for showdown with St. Pierre - MMA Weekly - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more". Mma Weekly. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  11. ^ "UFC 94 in-depth: Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn 2". Mma Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  12. ^ "Penn, St. Pierre vie for place in history - Mixed Martial Arts". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  13. ^ "UFC: Dana White confirms UFC 100 supercard". Setanta. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  14. ^ "Fight Finder - Thiago "Pitbull" Alves's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  15. ^ St-Pierre's championship was on the line in this bout, but Penn's was not. This was the first ever UFC champion vs. champion match. See UFC 94.
  16. ^ "Dan Henderson edges Rich Franklin at UFC 93 - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  17. ^ Smith, Michael D. (2008-09-01). "UFC 88: Dan Henderson-Rousimar Palhares Is the Big Fight No One Is Talking About". MMA FanHouse. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  18. ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15063/winner-of-ufc-100s-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-fights-gets-a-title-shot.mma
  19. ^ "Fight Finder - Michael "The Count" Bisping's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

External Links

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