UFC 110

Background

The long expected bout between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Wanderlei Silva did not take place at this event. Instead, Silva faced Michael Bisping.

A bout between Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen which was expected to take place on this card was moved to UFC 109. A bout between Keith Jardine and Rich Franklin had been discussed, but Jardine eventually fought the Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader.

Chris Lytle was expected to face Dong Hyun Kim, but Kim was forced off the card with an injury. Brian Foster stepped in to fight Lytle.

A bout between Elvis Sinosic and Chris Haseman was due to be the first ever all-Australian bout to take place in the UFC. However, a shoulder injury forced Sinosic out of the fight on 18 February, and bout was pulled from the card as a result. Additionally, Ben Rothwell was sidelined by an illness, leading to Australian veteran Anthony Perosh stepping in to face Mirko Cro Cop.

Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public. It was, at the time, the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behind UFC 83 (which was the first ever UFC event in Canada). This record was later broken by UFC 127, the second event to be held in Australia. UFC 110 aired live on Australian free-to-air sports channel ONE HD.

Results

|Heavyweight |Cain Velasquez |def. |Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira |KO (punches) |1 |2:20 | |Middleweight |Wanderlei Silva |def. |Michael Bisping |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight |George Sotiropoulos |def. |Joe Stevenson |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Ryan Bader |def. |Keith Jardine |KO (flying knee and punch) |3 |2:10 | |Heavyweight |Mirko Cro Cop |def. |Anthony Perosh |TKO (doctor stoppage) |2 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Krzysztof Soszynski |def. |Stephan Bonnar |TKO (doctor stoppage) |3 |1:04 | |Welterweight |Chris Lytle |def. |Brian Foster |Submission (kneebar) |1 |1:41 | |Middleweight |C. B. Dollaway |def. |Goran Reljic |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |James Te Huna |def. |Igor Pokrajac |TKO (punches) |3 |3:26 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
• Knockout of the Night: Cain Velasquez
• Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle

References

References

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