| UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 11, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Bell Centre | |||
| City | Montreal,Quebec,Canada | |||
| Attendance | 23,152[1] | |||
| Total gate | $4,600,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 800,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 was amixed martial artspay-per-view event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on December 11, 2010 atBell Centre inMontreal,Quebec,Canada.[3] The event was the fourth that theUFC has hosted at theBell Centre followingUFC 83,UFC 97 andUFC 113 and the fifth event held inCanada along withUFC 115 which was held inVancouver,British Columbia.
A training injury forcedJason MacDonald out of his fight withRafael Natal on October 20, 2010. He was replaced by UFC newcomer Jesse Bongfeldt.[4]
On October 26, 2010,Anthony Waldburger had to pull out of his fight withMatthew Riddle due to an injury.[5] He was replaced bySean Pierson.[6]
UFC 124 featured live preliminary bouts streamed on UFC.com rather than Spike TV due to the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards being aired in the same time slot.[7]
UFC 124 marked the first – and only – time that the UFC let the fans vote online for the Fight of the Night.[8]Dana White stated after that he would never do this again and said "The real fight of the night belonged to Matt Riddle and Sean Pierson".
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c) | def. | Josh Koscheck | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Stefan Struve | def. | Sean McCorkle | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:55 | |
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | def. | Charles Oliveira | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 1:59 | |
| Lightweight | Mac Danzig | def. | Joe Stevenson | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Welterweight | Thiago Alves | def. | John Howard | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC.com live stream) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Dan Miller | def. | Joe Doerksen | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Mark Bocek | def. | Dustin Hazelett | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 2:33 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Rafael Natal | vs. | Jesse Bongfeldt | Draw (majority) (28–28, 28–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Sean Pierson | def. | Matthew Riddle | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ricardo Almeida | def. | T. J. Grant | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | John Makdessi | def. | Pat Audinwood | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $100,000 bonuses.[8]
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