Completed MMA Event

UFC on FUEL TV 5: Struve vs. Miocic

UFC on FUEL TV 5
  • 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

  • Fight of the Night
    Stefan Struve vs. Stipe Miocic   |   $40,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Knockout of the Night
    Brad Pickett vs. Yves Jabouin   |   $40,000 bonus to Pickett
  • Submission of the Night
    Matt Wiman vs. Paul Sass   |   $40,000 bonus to Wiman

Referees

  • 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

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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.

Last updated 09.29.2012, 4:03 AM ET
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