UFC Fight Night 11

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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 Fight Night 11 (aka Ultimate Fight Night 11 and UFC: Thomas vs. Florian) was a 9-bout fight card held on September 19, 2007 at The Palms Casino Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The card aired lived on SpikeTV and was headlined by a lightweight bout between TUF 4's Din Thomas and TUF 1's Kenny Florian.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Gray Maynard vs. Joe Veres
Welterweight Bout: Luke Cummo vs. Edilberto de Oliveira
Lightweight Bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Cole Miller
Welterweight Bout: Thiago Alves vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Welterweight Bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Jonathan Goulet

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Nate Quarry vs. Pete Sell
Lightweight Bout: Nate Diaz vs. Junior Assuncao
Middleweight Bout: Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin
Lightweight Bout: Din Thomas vs. Kenny Florian

Pre-Event Notes

The main event of this card was originally to be Miletich product, Spencer Fisher facing Din Thomas. However a staph infection to Fisher prompted his removal and he was instead replaced with TUF 1's Kenny Florian.

Rumors abounded before the card that Chris Leben had turned down a rematch between him and Mike Swick. The two were instead given different opponents with Leben facing Terry Martin and Swick facing Jonathan Goulet. However an injury to Swick forced his removal and Goulet instead faced Jorge Gurgel protege, Dustin Hazelett on the show's undercard.

This was Thiago Alves's first bout since returning from a suspension related to a banned weight cutting supplement he was caught using after his UFC 66 victory over Tony DeSouza.

Nate Quarry was having his first fight in almost two years after suffering a severe back injury.

This was Nate Diaz's first appearance in the Octagon since taking The Ultimate Fighter Season 5 lightweight tournament.

Results

Lightweight Bout: Gray Maynard defs. Joe Veres via KO (punch) at :09 of round 1.
Welterweight Bout: Luke Cummo defs. Edilberto de Oliveira via TKO (punches) at 1:45 of round 1.
Lightweight Bout: Cole Miller defs. Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision.
Welterweight Bout: Thiago Alves defs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka via TKO (punch and knee) at 4:04 of round 2.
Welterweight Bout: Dustin Hazelett defs. Jonathan Goulet via submission (armbar) at 1:14 of round 1.

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Nate Quarry defs. Pete Sell via KO (punch) at :44 of round 3.
Lightweight Bout: Nate Diaz defs. Junior Assuncao via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Chris Leben defs. Terry Martin via KO (punch) at 3:56 of round 1.
Lightweight Bout: Kenny Florian defs. Din Thomas via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:31 of round 1.

Thomas sustained a knee injury mid-round and was pounced on by Florian. Florian seized Thomas's back and unleashed a barrage of punches before sinking in a rear naked choke to get the victory.