| UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 3, 2013 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 14,682[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann (also known asUFC on Fuel TV 8) was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2013, at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama, Japan.[2][3]
The main event was a light heavyweight bout between multidivisional contendersWanderlei Silva andBrian Stann.[4]
Diego Sanchez failed to make the 156 lb weight limit at the weigh ins, weighing at 158 lb. Sanchez was fined 20 percent of his earnings and the bout was contested at a catchweight of 158 lb.[5]
| Main card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Brian Stann | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:08 | |
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | def. | Stefan Struve | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:44 | |
| Catchweight (158 lb) | Diego Sanchez | def. | Takanori Gomi | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Héctor Lombard | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Rani Yahya | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Dong Hyun Kim | def. | Siyar Bahadurzada | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook and YouTube) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Riki Fukuda | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Takeya Mizugaki | def. | Bryan Caraway | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Kazuki Tokudome | def. | Cristiano Marcello | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Alex Caceres | vs. | Kang Kyung-ho | No Contest | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Lim Hyun-gyu | def. | Marcelo Guimarães | KO (knee and punches) | 2 | 4:00 | |
Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.[8]
