UFC 147: Attendance and Fighter bonuses from Belo Horizonte , Brazil

The attendance and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight’s UFC 147 from Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Bonuses of $65,000 were awarded for Submission of the Night, Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night to Rodrigo Damm, Rich Franklin, Wanderlei Silva and Marcos Vinicius. The total bonus payout for this event came to $260,000. These numbers do not represent any pay-per-view bonuses or victory bonuses.UFC officials gave the attendance as 16,643 at the post

UFC 147 Results Recap: Rich Franklin emerges victorious over Wanderlei Silva

UFC 147 is in the books from Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Rich Franklin versus Wanderlei Silva delivered a good bout, although it may not have been what the Brazilian fans were rooting for.
The first round began with Wanderlei Silva landing a hard right followed by an exchange. Franklin grabbed a kick, then controlled the action against the cage by landing shots. In the second round Franklin continued to stalk his opponent. Wanderlei reversed the action and dropped Franklin, landing some ground-and-pound.

UFC on FX 4: Attendance, Suspensions and Dana’s reaction to Guida vs Maynard

UFC on FX 4 took place at Revel Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC reports a sell-out crowd with 4,652 spectators. No totals for gate receipts have been reported as of this writing. The Main Event turned out to be a disappointment for most fans, including UFC President Dana White who tweeted a string of complaints about the fight as it was unfolding:

I thought it was impossible for this fight to suck. I WAS WRONG!!!!!!
— Dana White (@danawhite) June 23, 2012

First time I have ever seen Guida get boo’d

UFC on FX 4 Fighter bonuses: Miller, Swanson, Stout, Fisher take home $50K

The post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight’s UFC on FX 4 from Revel  Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bonuses of $50,000 were awarded for Submission of the Night, Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night to Cub Swanson, Dan Miller, Sam Stout and Spencer Fisher. The total bonus payout for this event came to $200,000. The $50,000 bonuses were issued as following:Submission of the Night:New Jersey native, Dan Miller picked up the “Submission of the Night” award for his first win at

UFC on FX 4 Results Recap: Gray Maynard defeats Clay Guida via Split Decision

UFC on FX is over from Atlantic City, New Jersey and the main event found Gray Maynard delivering an important win at Lightweight. The fights featured a lot of technical fighting, with decisions comprising 3 out of 4 main card bouts.
Lightweight contenders Clay Guida and Gray Maynard stayed on the feet for the first round, with Guida using his trademark movement to bloody Maynard’s nose. The Carpenter appeared to be just out of range of all Maynard’s strikes in the opening stanza. The second round started

Tempers flare at UFC 147 weigh-ins in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Today’s UFC 147 weigh-ins took place at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This card features a reworked main event pitting  Wanderlei Silva against Rich Franklin in a rematch of their UFC 99 bout.All fighters made weight with the exception of John “Macapa” Teixeira, who came in at 150 pounds instead of his agreed upon 145. He was given two hours to cut four pounds.The weigh-ins were not without incident this time. Anistavio Medeiros and Rodrigo Damm looked like they wanted