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UFC 95

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Field	Value
name	UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
image	Ufc95poster.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	February 21, 2009
venue	The O2 Arena
city	London, United Kingdom
attendance	13,268
gate	$1,000,000 (approximate)
previousevent	UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens
followingevent	UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine

UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 21, 2009, at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.

Background

The event was broadcast live for viewers in Europe and Canada and later tape delayed for U.S. viewers on Spike. The bout was headlined by season one and two winners of The Ultimate Fighter.

Neil Grove was originally scheduled to face Justin McCully, but the bout was cancelled when McCully withdrew from the fight. Grove instead faced Mike Ciesnolevicz.

Per Eklund was originally scheduled to face David Baron, but the bout was cancelled when Baron withdrew from the fight. Eklund instead faced Evan Dunham.

Terry Etim was originally scheduled to face Justin Buchholz, but the bout was cancelled when Buchholz had a staph infection. He was replaced by UFC newcomer Brian Cobb.

Stefan Struve made his UFC debut at this event.

The event drew an average of 2.4 million viewers on Spike TV.

Results

|Lightweight |Diego Sanchez |def. |Joe Stevenson |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Dan Hardy |def. |Rory Markham |KO (punch) |1 |1:09 | |Middleweight |Nate Marquardt |def. |Wilson Gouveia |TKO (knee and punches) |3 |3:10 | |Middleweight |Demian Maia |def. |Chael Sonnen |Submission (triangle choke) |1 |2:37 | |Welterweight |Paulo Thiago |def. |Josh Koscheck |KO (punch) |1 |3:29 | |Lightweight |Terry Etim |def. |Brian Cobb |TKO (head kick and punches) |2 |0:10 | |Heavyweight |Junior dos Santos |def. |Stefan Struve |TKO (punches) |1 |0:54 | |Lightweight |Evan Dunham |def. |Per Eklund |TKO (punches) |1 |2:14 | |Heavyweight |Mike Ciesnolevicz |def. |Neil Grove |Submission (heel hook) |1 |1:03 | |Welterweight |Paul Kelly |def. |Troy Mandaloniz |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) |3 |5:00 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson
Knockout of the Night: Paulo Thiago
Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

References

"UFC 95 Delivers $1 Million U.S. and Strong Attendance". Mmaweekly.
"UFC 95 Sanchez vs. Stevenson". UFC.com.
"UFC 95 – Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts". tapology.com.
"Spike TV's UFC 95 broadcast peaks with three million viewers | MMAjunkie.com".
(February 21, 2009). "Four top performers earn $40K UFC 95 bonuses". MMAjunkie.com.

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