| UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 21, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,529[1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,003,250[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 375,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 21, 2009, at theMandalay Bay Events Center.[3]
As withUFC 103 andUFC 104, a portion of the preliminary card aired live and commercial-free during an hour-long block on Spike.[4]Tito Ortiz was originally scheduled to fightMark Coleman; however, on October 5, 2009, the fight was cancelled as Coleman was suffering from a knee injury. UFC confirmed thatForrest Griffin would step in to face Ortiz.[5]
On October 26, UFC Heavyweight ChampionBrock Lesnar pulled out of his fight againstShane Carwin due to an illness that kept him from training.[6] The UFC therefore had the Ortiz v. Griffin fight headline the UFC 106 card.[7]
Previously announced match-ups ofJohn Howard vs.Dennis Hallman[8] andKenny Florian vs.Clay Guida[9] were moved toThe Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale[10] andUFC 107[11] respectively.
Tom Lawlor was originally scheduled to fight at UFC 106 but he was moved toUFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz.[12]
Jon Fitch was originally set to fightRicardo Almeida but Almeida was forced off the card with a knee injury. Fitch was moved to theUFC 107 card to fightMike Pierce.[13]
Dana White confirmed on November 19 thatKaro Parisyan had pulled out of his fight againstDustin Hazelett for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse including show and win.[14] As a result, the fight betweenPaulo Thiago andJacob Volkmann was promoted to the main card.[15] Parisyan was also cut from the promotion following this incident.
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Tito Ortiz | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Anthony Johnson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:47 | |
| Welterweight | Paulo Thiago | def. | Jacob Volkmann | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Luiz Cané | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:56 | |
| Welterweight | Amir Sadollah | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Spike TV) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Marcus Davis | KO (knees) | 1 | 3:24 | |
| Middleweight | Kendall Grove | def. | Jake Rosholt | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | Brian Foster | def. | Brock Larson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:25 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Caol Uno | vs. | Fabricio Camoes | Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Lightweight | George Sotiropoulos | def. | Jason Dent | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:36 | |
The following fighters received $70,000 bonuses.[16]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theNevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[17]
^Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.
