UFC 115
| UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 12, 2010 | |||
| Venue | General Motors Place | |||
| City | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 12, 2010 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Background
This will be the fourth UFC event to be held in Canada, following UFC 83, UFC 97 and UFC 113 and the first UFC event held in British Columbia since they passed a bill to sanction MMA, on December 17, 2009.[2] For a few days, this event location was in jeopardy because there are still no regulations in place to promote the sport professionally within Vancouver[3] and Cincinnati was rumoured to be a possible location for moving this event.[4] However, the problems were resolved and Dana White confirmed that the show will be going ahead in Vancouver on the scheduled date.[5]
The main event was tentatively set to be a third bout featuring Ultimate Fighter coaches and former UFC Light Heayvweight Champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. In March, rumours began to circulate that Rich Franklin would replace Ortiz as Liddell's opponent, after Ortiz had supposedly withdrawn from the fight. However, Dana White denied this via his Twitter account on March 13th, 2010, noting that Liddell vs. Ortiz was still set to be the main event. Then after the announcement Ortiz has to withdraw from the match due to the surgery on his neck. It is confirmed that Franklin will face Liddell At 115 ,[6] while Franklin would face Randy Couture at an event later in 2010.[7]
Despite confirming Liddell/Ortiz 3 would in fact be the main event for the card, the main event was confirmed on April 12 as Liddell vs. Franklin.[8]
The on-again, off-again rematch between Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch, first scheduled for UFC 107 then UFC 111 and then UFC 115 has been moved again, to UFC 117[9].
Recently, the Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert Yvel fight replaced Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunham on the main card. Griffin vs. Dunham will now be shown on the preliminaries aired on Spike TV.
Just like UFC 111 in March, UFC 115 will be shown in Movie Theaters around the United States by Fathom Events.
UFC record broken
Tickets for UFC 115 sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale breaking the previous record set by UFC 83.[10]
Official fight card
Main card
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin [1] - Heavyweight bout:
Mirko Filipović vs. Patrick Barry[1] - Welterweight bout:
Paulo Thiago vs. 
Martin Kampmann[1] - Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs.
Gilbert Yvel[1] - Welterweight bout: Carlos Condit vs.
Rory MacDonald[1]
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
- Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunham[1]
- Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman[1]
Preliminary card
- Middleweight bout: David Loiseau vs. Mario Miranda [1]
- Welterweight bout:
James Wilks vs. 
Peter Sobotta[1] - Welterweight bout: Ricardo Funch vs. Claude Patrick[1]
- Welterweight bout: Mike Pyle vs. Jesse Lennox[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "UFC 115". ufc.com. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ http://www.mmafighting.com/2009/12/17/vancouver-to-regulate-mma-for-two-year-testing-period/
- ^ http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/3/1334681/report-ufc-115-from-vancouver
- ^ http://i.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=315955
- ^ http://www.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=316190
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/18299/rich-franklin-vs-chuck-liddell-in-the-works-for-ufc-115-not-rumored-april-show.mma
- ^ "Randy Couture vs. Rich Franklin Now In The Works for August". mmafrenzy.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.Home&eid=2958
- ^ "Thiago Alves-Jon Fitch Rematch Pushed Back to UFC 117 in August". mmafrenzy.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/4/13/1419328/ufc-115-sold-out-http-twitter-com#comments
