UFC 101: Declaration
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Background
UFC 101: Declaration is an 11-bout fight card that is set to take place on August 8, 2009 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The card will air live on Pay-Per-View and will feature a lightweight championship bout between champion, BJ Penn and former title challenger, Kenny Florian.
A light heavyweight bout between middleweight champion, Anderson Silva and former UFC light heavyweight champion, Forrest Griffin will serve as the co-main event.
Fight Card
Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Bout: Danillo Villefort vs. Jesse Lennox
- Lightweight Bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
- Welterweight Bout: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
- Middleweight Bout: Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara
- Welterweight Bout: Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
- Lightweight Bout: Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson
Main Card
- Lightweight Bout: Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
- Middleweight Bout: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
- Welterweight Bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
- Lightweight Championship Bout: BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Pre-Event Notes
This will be Penn's first lightweight title defense since losing in a welterweight championship bout against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94 and his second overall.
Forrest Griffin was to face Thiago Silva at the event but after UFC management deemed that UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva needed a high profile bout at light heavyweight to excite him, Thiago was replaced.
Thales Leites was brought in on short notice to replace Rousimar Palhares in a bout against Alessio Sakara.
George Sotiropoulos was to face TUF 5's Rob Emerson but a cut that required stitches forced Emerson out of the bout and he was instead replaced by TUF 8's George Roop.
Results
Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Bout: Jesse Lennox defs. Danillo Villefort via TKO (cut) at 3:37 of round 3.
- Lightweight Bout: George Sotiropoulos defs. George Roop via submission (kimura) at 1:59 of round 2.
- Welterweight Bout: Matt Riddle defs. Dan Cramer via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-26, 30-27).
- Middleweight Bout: Alessio Sakara defs. Thales Leites via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).
- Welterweight Bout: John Howard defs. Tamdan McCrory via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Main Card
- Lightweight Bout: Kurt Pellegrino defs. Josh Neer via unanimous decision (30-27 x3).
- Middleweight Bout: Ricardo Almeida defs. Kendall Grove via unanimous decision (30-27 x3).
- Welterweight Bout: Johny Hendricks defs. Amir Sadollah via TKO (strikes) at :29 of round 1.
- Lightweight Bout: Aaron Riley defs. Shane Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27 x3).
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Anderson Silva defs. Forrest Griffin via KO (punch) at 3:23 of round 1.
Griffin was no match for Silva as Silva taunted the former champion while dropping him three times. The third putting Forrest sprawled out on the mat to give Silva the awe inspiring victory.
- Lightweight Championship Bout: BJ Penn defs. Kenny Florian via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:54 of round 4.
Florian attempted to wear Penn out in the clinch against the fence for the majority of the bout but was unsuccessful. When given space, Penn would blast Florian with powerful strikes. In the fourth, Penn turned the tide on Florian and scored an easy takedown. From there he passed to mount and eventually Florian's back before seizing a rear naked choke to make his second successful title defense.
Bonus Awards
Fight Of The Night: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Submission Of The Night: BJ Penn
Knockout Of The Night: Anderson Silva
- Each bonus was worth $60,000
UFC Event Chronology
Preceded by: UFC 100
Followed by: UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
External Links
http://101.ufc.com - Official UFC 101 Website
--Wrldchmpnabrvtr 10:49, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
