Completed MMA Event

UFC Fight Night 101: Whittaker vs. Brunson

UFC Fight Night 101
  • Saturday 11.26.2016 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 | Prelims: UFC Fight Pass
  • Name: UFC Fight Night 101: Whittaker vs. Brunson
  • Also Known As: UFC Fight Night Melbourne
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: Rod Laver Arena
  • Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Dan Hardy
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,200,000
  • Attendance: 13,721
  • TV Ratings: 686,000 avg. viewers (654k FS1 prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Derek Brunson vs. Robert Whittaker   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Derek Brunson vs. Robert Whittaker   |   $50,000 bonus to Whittaker
  • Performance of the Night
    Khalil Rountree vs. Tyson Pedro   |   $50,000 bonus to Pedro

Referees

  • Herb Dean
    Brunson vs. Whittaker (13)Rountree vs. Pedro (9)Kelly vs. Camozzi (7)Nguyen vs. Herrera (4)
  • John Sharp
    Matthews vs. Holbrook (12)Ham vs. Taylor (8)Hooker vs. Knight (3)
  • Steve Perceval
    Noke vs. Akhmedov (11)Walsh vs. Meunier (5)Vera vs. Ning (2)
  • Greg Kleynjans
    Kasuya vs. Volkanovski (10)Brown vs. Tuck (6)Lausa vs. Yao (1)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC Fight Night 101 is closed for new predictions. 1,179 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC Fight Night 101 Leaderboard

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