| UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 12, 2009 | |||
| Venue | FedExForum | |||
| City | Memphis,Tennessee | |||
| Attendance | 13,896[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,500,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 620,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 inMemphis, Tennessee at theFedExForum.[3]
On October 21, it was announced that a previous matchup between welterweight contendersThiago Alves andPaulo Thiago had been changed to Alves vs.Jon Fitch because Fitch's opponent forUFC 106,Ricardo Almeida, suffered an injury. Paulo Thiago fought onUFC 106 on November 21 against UFC newcomerJacob Volkmann and won the fight by unanimous decision.
It was then announced on October 30 that Fitch would again be without an opponent as Alves was forced to withdraw because of aposterior cruciate ligament tear.[4] It was later announced that Jon Fitch would faceMike Pierce at UFC 107.
Paul Buentello was scheduled to faceTodd Duffee on the card, but an injury forced Duffee to pull out.[5] Buentello facedStefan Struve on the card.[6]
A middleweight bout betweenAlan Belcher andWilson Gouveia was changed to a 195-pound catchweight bout after Gouveia asked for a 190-pound catchweight limit, but Belcher gave a counter-offer of 195 pounds.[7]
Another matchup scheduled for this card was a match-up betweenThe Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights coachesRashad Evans andQuinton Jackson but the bout was cancelled after Jackson was selected for the role of Cpl.B. A. Baracus inThe A-Team film. The fight would later happen atUFC 114.
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn (c) | def. | Diego Sanchez | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 5 | 2:37 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Cheick Kongo | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:12 | |
| Welterweight | Jon Fitch | def. | Mike Pierce | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Clay Guida | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:19 | |
| Heavyweight | Stefan Struve | def. | Paul Buentello | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Catchweight (195 lb) | Alan Belcher | def. | Wilson Gouveia | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:03 | |
| Lightweight | Matt Wiman | def. | Shane Nelson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Johny Hendricks | def. | Ricardo Funch | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Rousimar Palhares | def. | Lucio Linhares | Submission (heel hook) | 2 | 3:21 | |
| Welterweight | DaMarques Johnson | def. | Edgar Garcia | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Welterweight | T. J. Grant | def. | Kevin Burns | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:57 | |
The following fighters received $65,000 bonuses.[8]
