Completed MMA Event
UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2
- Saturday 01.31.2009
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
- 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): $4,290,020
- Attendance: 14,885 (Paid: 13,622)
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 920,000 | TV Ratings:
- MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card
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UFC Welterweight Championship
KO/TKO, Corner Stoppage
5:00 Round 4 of 5, 20:00 Total10
Main Event
170
5 x 5 | Pro
Honors & Awards
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Knockout of the NightLyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva | $65,000 bonus to Machida
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Fight of the NightClay Guida vs. Nate Diaz | $65,000 bonus to each fighter
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Fight of the NightJohn Howard vs. Chris Wilson | $65,000 bonus to each fighter
Referees
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Herb Dean
St. Pierre vs. Penn II (10), Howard vs. Wilson (3) -
Yves Lavigne
Machida vs. Silva (9), Guida vs. Diaz (6), O'Brien vs. Wellisch (2) -
Steve Mazzagatti
Jones vs. Bonnar (8), Fitch vs. Gono (5), Cramer vs. Arroyo (1) -
Josh Rosenthal
Parisyan vs. Kim (7), Tavares vs. Gamburyan (4)
Consensus Rankings Rankings FAQ
Wiki
UFC 94 Wiki
After establishing himself as top dog in the division, Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre had one major hurdle remaining in order to be put on equal footing with Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva in terms of pound-for-pound glory. That hurdle came in the form of Lightweight Champion BJ Penn, whom St-Pierre had defeated three years earlier in a razor-thin Split Decision.
The showdown was one of the most hyped fights in MMA history. It featured the first-ever edition of UFC Primetime, a weekly documentary series that followed the training habits and personal lives of the two champions leading up to the fight. When fight night finally came St-Pierre dominated, battering Penn over four rounds before the Hawaiian’s corner threw in the towel.
After the fight, Penn’s camp openly accused St-Pierre’s camp of cheating, as corner man Phil Nurse had rubbed Vaseline on St-Pierre’s back and shoulders between rounds. The bad blood between the two champions has still not been settled.
