UFC 154

Background

Parent company Zuffa, LLC produced a UFC Primetime special to promote the title unification match main event. In addition, UFC 154 was shown in more than 350 movie theaters in the United States.

Fabio Maldonado was briefly linked to a bout with Cyrille Diabaté at the event. However, Maldonado was moved to UFC 153 to face Glover Teixeira.Chad Griggs ended up replacing Maldonado to face Diabaté.

Stephen Thompson was expected to face Besam Yousef at the event. However, Thompson was forced out of the bout with a knee injury and was replaced by Matthew Riddle. Yousef was then forced out with injury, and replaced by John Maguire.

A bout between Nick Ring and Costas Philippou was expected to take place at this event. However, the fight was scrapped when Ring fell ill the day of the fight. As a result, Mark Bocek and Rafael Dos Anjos was moved to the main card.

Results

|Welterweight |Georges St-Pierre (c) |def. |Carlos Condit (ic) |Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) |5 |5:00 |UFC Welterweight Championship unification bout. |Welterweight |Johny Hendricks |def. |Martin Kampmann |KO (punch) |1 |0:46 | |Middleweight |Francis Carmont |def. |Tom Lawlor |Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight |Rafael dos Anjos |def. |Mark Bocek |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Pablo Garza |def. |Mark Hominick |Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 30–26) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight |Patrick Côté |def. |Alessio Sakara |DQ (punches to the back of the head) |1 |1:26 | |Light Heavyweight |Cyrille Diabaté |def. |Chad Griggs |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |2:24 | |Lightweight |John Makdessi |def. |Sam Stout |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Featherweight |Antonio Carvalho |def. |Rodrigo Damm |Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Matthew Riddle |def. |John Maguire |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight |Ivan Menjivar |def. |Azamat Gashimov |Submission (armbar) |1 |2:44 | |Featherweight |Darren Elkins |def. |Steven Siler |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $70,000 bonuses:

• Fight of the Night: Georges St. Pierre vs. Carlos Condit
• Knockout of the Night: Johny Hendricks
• Submission of the Night: Ivan Menjivar

References

References

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