Completed MMA Event

UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage

UFC 135
  • Saturday 09.24.2011 at 09:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Spike TV
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
  • Venue: Pepsi Center
  • Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,089,575
  • Attendance: 16,344 (Paid: 14,247)
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 520,000 | TV Ratings: 1.6M viewers (Spike Prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson   |   $75,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Knockout of the Night
    Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck   |   $75,000 bonus to Koscheck
  • Submission of the Night
    Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi   |   $75,000 bonus to Diaz

Referees

  • Josh Rosenthal
    Jones vs. Jackson (10)Browne vs. Broughton (7)Yagin vs. Assunção (3)
  • Mario Yamasaki
    Hughes vs. Koscheck (9)Diaz vs. Gomi (6)Ring vs. Boetsch (4)
  • Adam Martinez
    Rothwell vs. Hunt (8)Escovedo vs. Mizugaki (2)
  • Tom Johnson
    Ferguson vs. Riley (5)
  • Tim Mills
    Te Huna vs. Romero (1)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC 135 is closed for new predictions. 1,176 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC 135 Leaderboard

Videos & Highlights

    Promo Video  |  UFC 135 Main Event Promo Video report dead link

    Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson get their UFC 135 training on in this UFC promotional video.

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