UFC 93
| UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 17, 2009 | |||
| Venue | The O2 | |||
| City | Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Attendance | 9,369 | |||
| Total gate | $1,300,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 350,000 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson[2] was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 17, 2009 at The O2, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.
Background
The main event featured a Light Heavyweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin and former Pride Middleweight Champion and Pride Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson. The winner of the fight would become the coach opposite Michael Bisping for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.
The co-main event featured a Light Heavyweight rematch between Mauricio Rua, the 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion, and the 2000 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion, UFC Hall of Famer, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Mark Coleman.
The referees assigned for the event were Marc Goddard, Dan Miragliotta, Leon Roberts and Kevin Mulhall.
Future Irish UFC stars, Conor McGregor and Paddy Holohan also attended this event, both aged 20 which inspired them to be UFC competitor's one day. [3]
Results
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Dan Henderson | def. | Rich Franklin | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 27–30) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Mauricio Rua | def. | Mark Coleman | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:36 | |
| Middleweight | Rousimar Palhares | def. | Jeremy Horn | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Alan Belcher | def. | Denis Kang | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:36 | |
| Welterweight | Marcus Davis | def. | Chris Lytle | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | John Hathaway | def. | Tom Egan | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 4:36 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Martin Kampmann | def. | Alexandre Barros | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:07 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Eric Schafer | def. | Antonio Mendes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:35 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Tomasz Drwal | def. | Ivan Serati | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:02 | |
| Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | Nate Mohr | TKO (spinning back kick and punches) | 3 | 3:47 | |
- ↑ This fight aired on the PPV after the Horn vs. Palhares fight.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.[4]
- Fights of the Night: Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle and Mauricio Rua vs. Mark Coleman
- Knockout of the Night: Dennis Siver
- Submission of the Night: Alan Belcher
See also
References
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