Completed MMA Event
UFC 109: Relentless
- Saturday 02.06.2010
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Spike TV
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,273,000
- Attendance: 10,753 (Paid: 7,432)
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 285,000 | TV Ratings: 1.7M viewers (Spike)
- MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Fight of the NightNate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen | $60,000 bonus to each fighter
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Submission of the NightMike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago | $60,000 bonus to Thiago
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Knockout of the NightMatt Serra vs. Frank Trigg | $60,000 bonus to Serra
Referees
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Steve Mazzagatti
Couture vs. Coleman (11), Maia vs. Miller (8), Davis vs. Stann (3) -
Josh Rosenthal
Marquardt vs. Sonnen (10), Serra vs. Trigg (7), Guillard vs. Torres (5), Tuchscherer vs. Hague (2) -
Herb Dean
Swick vs. Thiago (9), Buchholz vs. Danzig (6), Nover vs. Emerson (4), Beltran vs. Gracie (1)
Wiki
UFC 109 Wiki
Although it was not hampered by the rash of injuries that January’s UFC 108 was, UFC 109 was nevertheless one of the lowest-performing Pay Per View efforts of the year, drawing just 275,000 buys due to a weak main event between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman and a middleweight contender’s bout between Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen that drew little interest. Couture defeated Coleman handily in the main event, bouncing the aging “Grandaddy of Ground and Pound” from the promotion, while Sonnen earned himself a title shot by grinding out a Unanimous Decision against Marquardt in an upset victory.
Originally, a Middleweight title bout between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort was planned for the event, but Silva withdrew due to elbow surgery. Sonnen immediately began campaigning for his title shot by publicly bashing Silva in his post-fight comments to drum up interest in the matchup. The ploy worked, and Sonnen was soon granted his title bout with “The Spider.”
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Videos & Highlights
Highlight | UFC 109: Relentless Highlight Video report dead link
Watch the official HL video for UFC 109 featuring Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman and Chael Sonnen vs. Nate Marquardt.
