UFC 154
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| UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit | ||||
| Date | November 17, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Bell Centre | |||
| City |  Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2012 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2]
Background
Parent company Zuffa LLC produced a UFC Primetime special was produced to promote the title unification match main event.[3] In addition, UFC 154 was shown in more than 350 movie theaters in the United States.[4]
Fabio Maldonado was briefly linked to a bout with Cyrille Diabaté at the event.[5] However, Maldonado lost to Glover Teixeira on October 13, 2012 at UFC 153, replacing an injured Quinton Jackson.[6] Diabaté was then tapped to face Chad Griggs at the event.[7]
Stephen Thompson was expected to face Besam Yousef at the event. However, Thompson was forced out of the bout with a knee injury and was replaced by Matthew Riddle.[8] Yousef was then forced out with injury, and replaced by John Maguire.[9]
A bout between Nick Ring and Costa Philippou was expected to take place at this event. However, the fight was scrapped when Ring fell ill the day of the fight. As a result, Mark Bocek and Rafael Dos Anjos was moved to the main card.[10]
Main event
The main event featured Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) vs. Interim Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit (28-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC), with the winner becoming the undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion.
St. Pierre, who has had a lengthy recovery from knee surgery, fought for the first time since his April 2011 win over Jake Shields and had been out of competition for almost 19 month before the fight. Condit, on the other hand, competed for the first time since winning the UFC Welterweight Interim Championship with a February decision win over Nick Diaz.[11]
Official fight card
| Main Card | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c)
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def. |  Carlos Condit (ic)
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Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | ||
| Welterweight | Johny Hendricks
|
def. |  Martin Kampmann
|
KO (punch) | 1 | 0:46 | ||
| Middleweight |  Francis Carmont
|
def. | Tom Lawlor
|
Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Lightweight |  Rafael dos Anjos
|
def. | Mark Bocek
|
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Featherweight | Pablo Garza
|
def. | Mark Hominick
|
Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–26, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Preliminary Card (FX) | ||||||||
| Middleweight | Patrick Côté
|
def. |  Alessio Sakara
|
Disqualification (punches to back of head) | 1 | 1:26 | ||
| Light Heavyweight | Cyrille Diabaté
|
def. | Chad Griggs
|
Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:24 | ||
| Lightweight | John Makdessi
|
def. | Sam Stout
|
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Featherweight | Antonio Carvalho
|
def. | Rodrigo Damm
|
Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Preliminary Card (Facebook and Youtube) | ||||||||
| Welterweight | Matthew Riddle
|
def. |  John Maguire
|
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Bantamweight |  Ivan Menjivar
|
def. |  Azamat Gashimov
|
Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:44 | ||
| Featherweight | Darren Elkins
|
def. | Steven Siler
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Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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^Note 1 Welterweight Championship unification bout.
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Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.[12]
- Fight of the Night:
Georges St. Pierre vs. 
Carlos Condit - Knockout of the Night: Johny Hendricks
- Submission of the Night:
Ivan Menjivar
See also
References
- ^ a b c "UFC 154 Live on Pay-Per-View: St-Pierre vs. Condit". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ Pishna, Ken (2012-03-21). "UFC Reveals 3 Canadian Events for 2012 and 2013". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ Staff (2012-10-23). "UFC 154 gets 'Primetime' special for Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ^ Staff (2012-10-20). "'UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit' headed to movie theaters in November". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ^ Fothergill, Steven (2012-09-08). "Cyrille Diabate to Take on Fabio Maldonado at UFC 154 in Montreal". Studiomma.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ Halvatzis Jr., George (2012-09-12). "Fabio Maldonado Fills In For Quinton Jackson, Set To Fight Glover Teixeira In Co-Main Event Of UFC 153". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- ^ Staff (2012-09-19). "Chad Griggs vs. Cyrille Diabate joins Montreal's UFC 154 lineup". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ Staff (2012-10-29). "Matt Riddle replaces Stephen Thompson, meets Besam Yousef at UFC 154". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ Staff (2012-10-31). "John Maguire replaces Besam Yousef, meets Matt Riddle at UFC 154". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Ring-Philippou pulled from tonight's UFC 154, Bocek-dos Anjos moves to PPV". mmajunkie.com. November 17, 2012.
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/31552/video-ufc-154-primetime-st-pierre-vs-condit-part-ii-full-episode.mma
- ^ Dan Stupp (2012-11-17). "UFC 154 bonuses: Hendricks, Menjivar, St-Pierre and Condit earn $70K awards". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
