UFC 103 explained

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort
Promotion:Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date:September 19, 2009
Venue:American Airlines Center
City:Dallas, Texas
Attendance:17,428[1]
Gate:$2,400,000
Buyrate:375,000[2]
Followingevent:UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center.[3] The event was broadcast on pay-per-view.

Background

This was the first UFC event to air a portion of the preliminary card live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike.[4] The Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller, Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal, Rick Story vs. Brian Foster, and the Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez fights were shown on Spike.

As a part of the UFC/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout of Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air on ESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacing Mike Swick against Martin Kampmann.[5]

The event was aired the same time Floyd Mayweather fought Juan Manuel Márquez. Mayweather/Márquez drew a smaller crowd (13,116) but its gate was considerably higher at $6,811,300. It also sold more PPV buys (1,000,000).

To date, this PPV had the largest amount of fights broadcast by the UFC (13).

It was announced on July 20, 2009 that Rich Franklin would headline UFC 103 against Dan Henderson.[6] It was then announced on July 31, 2009 that fans were not happy with the announced headliner of Henderson-Franklin 2 so they changed the main event to feature Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort. "Fans didn't like it, so we changed it," UFC President Dana White said.[7]

A previously announced bout featuring Steve Steinbeiss was moved to .[8] A previously announced bout featuring Aaron Simpson[9] was moved to UFC 102.[10]

A knee injury forced Matt Wiman out of a bout with Rafael dos Anjos on July 23.[11] Rob Emerson filled in.[12]

A knee injury forced Thiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller on August 20.[13] Tavares was replaced by UFC newcomer Steve Lopez.[14]

A back injury forced Dan Lauzon out of his bout with Rafaello Oliveira[15] and he was replaced by Nik Lentz.[16]

An injury forced Mike Swick out of his bout with Martin Kampmann and Paul Daley moved up from the undercard to face Kampmann.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.[17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UFC 103 in Dallas a sellout with 17,428 attendees, $2.4 million estimate gate. MMAjunkie.com. September 20, 2009. dead. https://archive.today/20120630015456/mmajunkie.com/news/16249/ufc-103-in-dallas-a-sellout-with-17428-attendees-2-4-million-estimate-gate.mma. June 30, 2012.
  2. Web site: UFC Establishes New Mark for PPV Buys in 2009.
  3. Web site: UFC 103 . Ufc.com . July 14, 2009.
  4. Web site: SPIKE TV TO TELECAST LIVE UNDERCARD BOUTS FOR THE FIRST TIME . Ufc.com . August 21, 2009.
  5. Web site: Cofield . Steve . UFC/ESPN regionalize U.K. broadcasts: Daley fight a special feature at UFC 103. – Cagewriter – MMA – Yahoo! Sports . Sports.yahoo.com . August 31, 2009 . September 20, 2009.
  6. Web site: Henderson-Franklin II to Headline UFC 103 . Ufc.com . July 31, 2009 . July 31, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724081847/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21299 . July 24, 2009 .
  7. Web site: Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort, not Dan Henderson, new UFC 103 main event | MMAjunkie.com . 2009-08-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803081335/http://mmajunkie.com/news/15689/rich-franklin-vs-vitor-belfort-not-dan-henderson-announced-as-new-ufc-103-main-event.mma . 2009-08-03 .
  8. Web site: STEINBEISS VS. JENSEN SET FOR UFC FIGHT NIGHT 19 . Mma Weekly . July 9, 2009.
  9. Web site: Aaron Simpson and Steve Steinbeiss Added to UFC 103 . MMAFrenzy.com . May 17, 2009.
  10. Web site: Aaron Simpson vs. Ed Herman middleweight bout slotted for UFC Fight Night 19 . Mma Junkie. July 14, 2009.
  11. Web site: Matt Wiman vs. Rafael dos Anjos Booked for UFC 103 . MMAFrenzy.com . January 2, 2009 . July 10, 2009.
  12. Web site: Morgan . John . Injury forces Matt Wiman out of UFC 103, Rob Emerson expected to face Rafael dos Anjos . MMAjunkie.com . July 24, 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20120712034429/mmajunkie.com/news/15613/injury-forces-matt-wiman-out-of-ufc-103-rob-emerson-expected-to-face-rafael-dos-anjos.mma . July 12, 2012 .
  13. Web site: Morgan . John . Thiago Tavares suffers knee injury, forced to withdraw from UFC 103 bout with Jim Miller . MMAjunkie.com . August 20, 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20120714125339/mmajunkie.com/news/15919/thiago-tavares-suffers-knee-injury-forced-to-withdraw-from-ufc-103-bout-with-jim-miller.mma . July 14, 2012 .
  14. Web site: Morgan . John . Jim Miller to face UFC newcomer Steve Lopez on UFC 103 preliminary card . MMAjunkie.com . August 21, 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20120714165002/mmajunkie.com/news/15931/jim-miller-to-face-ufc-newcomer-steve-lopez-on-ufc-103-preliminary-card.mma . July 14, 2012 .
  15. Web site: Dan Lauzon Out of UFC 103 Fight Against Rafaello Oliveira With Back Injury . MMAFrenzy.com . January 2, 2009 . August 24, 2009.
  16. Web site: Nik Lentz Replaces Dan Lauzon, Fights Rafaello Oliveira at UFC 103 . MMAFrenzy.com . January 2, 2009 . August 26, 2009.
  17. Web site: UFC 103 fighter bonuses: Vitor Belfort, Rick Story, Brian Foster earn $65K awards. MMAjunkie. September 20, 2009. dead. https://archive.today/20120711193922/mmajunkie.com/news/16248/ufc-103-fighter-bonuses-vitor-belfort-rick-story-brian-foster-earn-65k-awards.mma. July 11, 2012.

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