MMA UFC 110 Result

UFC 111The long expected bout between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Wanderlei Silva did not take place at this event. Instead, Silva faced Michael Bisping.

A bout between Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen which was expected to take place on this card was moved to UFC 109. A bout between Keith Jardine and Rich Franklin had been discussed, but Jardine eventually fought the Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader.

Chris Lytle was expected to face Dong Hyun Kim, but Kim was forced off the card with an injury. Brian Foster stepped in to fight Lytle.

The bout between Elvis Sinosic and Chris Haseman was due to be the first ever all-Australian bout to take place in the UFC. However, on 18th February, a shoulder injury forced Sinosic out of the fight. Additionally, Ben Rothwell was sidelined by an illness, leading to Australian veteran Anthony Perosh stepping in to face Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović.

Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public. It was the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behind UFC 83 (which was the first ever UFC event in Canada). UFC 110 aired live on Australian free-to-air sports channel ONE HD.

Preliminary Card

  • Light Heavyweight Bout: James Te-Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac
    Te-Huna defeated Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) at 3:26 of round 3.
  • Middleweight Bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
    Dollaway defeated Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster
    Lytle defeated Foster via submission (kneebar) at 1:41 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Jardine vs. Bader fight.
  • Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
    Soszynski defeated Bonnar via TKO (cut) at 1:04 of round 3. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Nogueira vs. Velasquez fight.

Main Card

  • Heavyweight Bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Anthony Perosh
    Filipović defeated Perosh via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.
  • Light Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader
    Bader defeated Jardine via KO (punch) at 2:10 of round 3.
  • Lightweight Bout: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
    Sotiropoulos defeated Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
  • Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping
    Silva defeated Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Heavyweight Bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez

Velasquez defeated Nogueira via KO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1.

Bonus awards

  • Fight of the Night: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
  • Knockout of the Night: Cain Velasquez
  • Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle