Completed MMA Event

UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold

UFC on FX 8
  • Saturday 05.18.2013 at 09:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: FX | Prelims: Fuel TV
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
  • Venue: Arena Jaragua
  • Location: Jaragua do Sul, Brazil
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
  • Attendance: 7,642
  • TV Ratings: 1.3M average viewers (156,000 FUEL Prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Knockout of the Night
    Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold   |   $50,000 bonus to Belfort
  • Submission of the Night
    Ronaldo Souza vs. Chris Camozzi   |   $50,000 bonus to Souza
  • Fight of the Night
    Lucas Martins vs. Jeremy Larsen   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter

Referees

  • Leon Roberts
    Belfort vs. Rockhold (13)Natal vs. Zeferino (10)Cholish vs. Tibau (7)Maldonado vs. Hollett (4)
  • Mario Yamasaki
    Souza vs. Camozzi (12)Lentz vs. Dias (9)Thiago vs. Prazeres (6)Lineker vs. Gashimov (3)Martins vs. Larsen (1)
  • Kevin Mulhall
    dos Anjos vs. Dunham (11)Rio vs. Trinaldo (8)Alcântara vs. Santos (5)Cariaso vs. Formiga (2)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC on FX 8 is closed for new predictions. 1,517 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC on FX 8 Leaderboard

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