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UFC 100
July 11, 2009 - Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Official Fight Card
UFC 100 will take place on July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This 100th UFC event features a rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, and UFC Interim-Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. This title unification bout occurred because of former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture's year-long "resignation" from the UFC. During Couture's absence, the UFC created an Interim-Heavyweight Championship that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had won by defeating Tim Sylvia. Nogeuira and Mir were scheduled to be opposing coaches in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, and would fight for the interim championship at the conclusion of the show.
While the series was being filmed, Couture returned to the UFC company and UFC President Dana White announced that he would defend his title against Lesnar at UFC 91 and this meant that the winner of the Couture-Lesnar and Nogueira-Mir matches would face off for the undisputed crown. Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture via technical knockout to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Mir was crowned the interim champion after he became the first fighter to ever finish Nogueira. The match between Lesnar and Mir was then set for UFC 98, but Mir suffered a knee injury during training and was forced out of the bout. It was then announced that the proposed fight would be moved to UFC 100. Lesnar and Mir fought once before, during Lesnar's UFC debut at UFC 81. Lesnar controlled much of the bout, mounting a successful ground and pound attack, but during the ground exchange, Mir placed Lesnar's leg in a kneebar which Lesnar could not escape and was forced to tap out, awarding Mir the victory.
The co-main event will feature Georges St-Pierre, defending his UFC Welterweight Championship against Thiago Alves. A strong conditioned athlete, St-Pierre trains with the Canadian Olympic team and is a strong wrestler. Thiago Alves is the Muay Thai Ma man and he has consecutive victories over three of the top UFC welterweights, Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, and Karo Parisyan. Georges St-Pierre enters this bout with successful title defenses against top contender Jon Fitch, and UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn.
The third match on the UFC 100 card will be between two top middleweight contenders, Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping. These two are opposing coaches in the ongoing season of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom. Henderson leads Team USA and Bisping leads Team UK.
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UFC 100 will take place on July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lightweight - over 145 lbs. to 155 lbs.
Welterweight - over 155 lbs. to 170 lbs.
Middleweight - over 170 lbs. to 185 lbs
Light Heavyweight - over 185 lbs. to 205 lbs.
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs. to 265 lbs.
Main Card
Heavyweight Championship: Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Interim Champion Frank Mir
Welterweight Championship: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
Welterweight: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Middleweight: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Middleweight: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
Welterweight: Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant
Middleweight: C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Lightweight: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
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