- Saturday 09.29.2012 at 04:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Fuel TV | Prelims: Facebook.com
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: Capital FM Arena
- Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $970,000
- Attendance: 7,241
- TV Ratings: 111,000 average viewers (140,000 on tape delay)
- MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Fight of the NightStefan Struve vs. Stipe Miocic | $40,000 bonus to each fighter
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Knockout of the NightBrad Pickett vs. Yves Jabouin | $40,000 bonus to Pickett
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Submission of the NightMatt Wiman vs. Paul Sass | $40,000 bonus to Wiman
Referees
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Herb Dean
Struve vs. Miocic (11), Wiman vs. Sass (8), Mills vs. Ludwig (6), Johnson vs. Nelson (2) -
Marc Goddard
Hardy vs. Sadollah (10), Maguire vs. Hathaway (7), Ogle vs. Corassani (4), Young vs. Peralta (1) -
Leon Roberts
Pickett vs. Jabouin (9), Manuwa vs. Kingsbury (5), Watson vs. Tavares (3)
Fight Predictions
Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC on FUEL TV 5 is closed for new predictions. 1,168 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.
Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC on FUEL TV 5 Leaderboard
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Wiki
UFC on FUEL TV 5 Wiki
Jörgen Kruth was expected to make his UFC debut against Fabio Maldonado at this event. However, Kruth dropped out of the fight to retire from mixed martial arts. As a result, Maldonado was pulled from the event and will now face Glover Teixeira at UFC 153.Pascal Krauss was expected to face promotional newcomer Gunnar Nelson at the event. However, Krauss was forced out of the bout with an injury and Nelson was briefly linked to a bout with Rich Attonito in a catchweight bout to be contested at 175 lb. However, Attonito had reservations about taking the short notice bout due to the weight cut requirements. DaMarques Johnson was slated to take on Nelson at 175 lb, but he could not make the required weight. The fight now will be contested at 183 lbs.