| UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 19, 2009 | |||
| Venue | American Airlines Center | |||
| City | Dallas,Texas | |||
| Attendance | 17,428[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,400,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 375,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009, inDallas,Texas, at theAmerican Airlines Center.[3] The event was broadcast onpay-per-view.
This was the first UFC event to air a portion of the preliminary card live and commercial-free during an hour long block onSpike.[4] TheEfrain Escudero vs.Cole Miller,Drew McFedries vs.Tomasz Drwal,Rick Story vs.Brian Foster, and theJim Miller vs. Steve Lopez fights were shown on Spike.
As a part of the UFC/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout ofPaul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air onESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacingMike Swick againstMartin Kampmann.[5]
The event was aired the same timeFloyd 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 theUFC (13).
It was announced on July 20, 2009 thatRich Franklin would headline UFC 103 againstDan 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 featuringSteve Steinbeiss[8] was moved toUFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard.[9] A previously announced bout featuringAaron Simpson[8] was moved toUFC 102.[10]
A knee injury forcedMatt Wiman out of a bout withRafael dos Anjos on July 23.[11]Rob Emerson filled in.[12]
A knee injury forcedThiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller on August 20.[13] Tavares was replaced by UFC newcomer Steve Lopez.[14]
A back injury forcedDan Lauzon out of his bout withRafaello Oliveira[15] and he was replaced byNik 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.[citation needed]
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Rich Franklin | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:02 | |
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Mirko Cro Cop | TKO (submission to punch) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Welterweight | Paul Daley | def. | Martin Kampmann | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 2:31 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Frank Trigg | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:25 | |
| Catchweight (159 lb) | Tyson Griffin | def. | Hermes França | KO (punches) | 2 | 3:26 | |
| Televised (Spike TV) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Efrain Escudero | def. | Cole Miller | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:36 | |
| Middleweight | Tomasz Drwal | def. | Drew McFedries | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:03 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | def. | Steve Lopez | TKO (shoulder injury) | 2 | 0:48 | |
| Lightweight | Nik Lentz | def. | Rafaello Oliveira | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Brian Foster | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 1:09 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Eliot Marshall | def. | Jason Brilz | Decision (split) (27–30, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Vladimir Matyushenko | def. | Igor Pokrajac | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos | def. | Rob Emerson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $65,000 bonuses.[17]
