UFC 100: Making History

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 Bonus Awards
6 UFC Event Chronology
7 External Links

Background

UFC 100 is an 11-bout fight card that is set to take place on July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The card will air live on Pay-Per-View and will feature two championships bouts as its main event. UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar will take on Interim UFC heavyweight champion, Frank Mir and UFC welterweight tournament, Georges St. Pierre will face No. 1 contender, Thiago Alves.

A middleweight bout between TUF 9 coaches, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson will serve as the third main attraction.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
Middleweight Bout: CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight Bout: Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant
Light Heavyweight Bout: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
Lightweight Bout: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
Light Heavyweight Bout: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Middleweight Bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Welterweight Bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
UFC Heavyweight Championship Bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir

Pre-Event Notes

UFC 100 was greeted with much fanfare but is an actual fact the 138th event put on by the UFC. However, in what some deem to be a mighty coincedence UFC 100 is in fact the 100th show put on by the ZUFFA controlled, Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Prior to the event, former UFC light heavyweight champion, Chuck Liddell and TapouT's Charles "Mask" Lewis were the 6th and 7th inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame.

The heavyweight main event between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir was originally scheduled for UFC 98 but an injury to Mir post-poned the bout.

Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson were rival coaches on TUF 9 to hype their bout at this event.

Dong Hyun Kim was to face Canadian, Jonathan Goulet but an injury to Goulet forced his replacement in fellow Canadian, TJ Grant.

Results

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Shannon Gugerty defs. Matt Grice via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 2:36 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Tom Lawlor defs. CB Dollaway via technical submission (guillotine choke) at :55 of round 1.
Welterweight Bout: Dong Hyun Kim defs. TJ Grant via unanimous decision.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Jon Jones defs. Jake O'Brien via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:43 of round 2.
Lightweight Bout: Jim Miller defs. Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (30-27 x3).
Light Heavyweight Bout: Mark Coleman defs. Stephan Bonnar via unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama defs. Alan Belcher via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28).
Middleweight Bout: Dan Henderson defs. Michael Bisping via KO (Punch) at 3:20 of round 2.
UFC Welterweight Championship Bout: Georges St. Pierre defs. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-44) to remain the UFC welterweight champion.

St. Pierre used lightning fast takedowns and dominating ground control to wear Alves down for the full five rounds. On the feet GSP dropped the highly touted striker to completely dominate the bout. Amazingly, GSP severely tore his groin in the fourth round but continued to still dominate Alves positionally for the rest of the fight.

UFC Heavyweight Championship Bout: Brock Lesnar defs. Frank Mir via TKO (punches) at 1:48 of round 2 to remain the UFC heavyweight champion.

Lesnar completely smothered Mir's jiu-jitsu from half guard in the opening round while landing short hard punches to Mir's unprotected head. In the second round, Mir landed an excellent flying knee that looked to have Lesnar hurt, but Lesnar got the fight to the mat and pinned Mir's arms and wailed away until Mir was unable to defend earning the victory.