| UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21) | |||
| Venue | Acer Arena | |||
| City | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 17,431[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,500,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 240,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Sunday, February 21, 2010, inSydney, Australia, atAcer Arena. The event marked the UFC's first trip to Australia. The main card was scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday in Sydney to cater to the U.S. audience, meaning that the event took place at the regular U.S. time (10:00 pm ET, on Saturday February 20).
The event drew 17,431 fans, a sell out ofA$2.5 million. 400 tickets were sold to a closed circuit viewing party at the Arena's Ballroom, making the number of total fans inside the building 17,831. The event grossed $540,000 in merchandise sales, breaking the previous record of $498,000 atUFC 83. Total sales topped the previous Acer Arena record held byIron Maiden.[3]
The long expected bout betweenYoshihiro Akiyama andWanderlei Silva[4] did not take place at this event. Instead, Silva facedMichael Bisping.[5]
A bout betweenNate Marquardt andChael Sonnen which was expected to take place on this card was moved toUFC 109.[6] A bout betweenKeith Jardine andRich Franklin had been discussed,[7] but Jardine eventually fought the Ultimate Fighter 8 winnerRyan Bader.
Chris Lytle was expected to faceDong Hyun Kim,[8] but Kim was forced off the card with an injury.[9]Brian Foster stepped in to fight Lytle.
A bout betweenElvis Sinosic andChris Haseman was due to be the first ever all-Australian bout to take place in the UFC.[10] However, a shoulder injury forced Sinosic out of the fight on 18 February, and bout was pulled from the card as a result.[11]Additionally,Ben Rothwell was sidelined by an illness, leading to Australian veteranAnthony Perosh stepping in to faceMirko Cro Cop.[11]
Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public.[12] It was, at the time, the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behindUFC 83 (which was the first ever UFC event in Canada).[10] This record was later broken byUFC 127, the second event to be held in Australia. UFC 110 aired live on Australian free-to-air sports channelONE HD.[13]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Cain Velasquez | def. | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Michael Bisping | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | George Sotiropoulos | def. | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | def. | Keith Jardine | KO (flying knee and punch) | 3 | 2:10 | |
| Heavyweight | Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Anthony Perosh | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Krzysztof Soszynski | def. | Stephan Bonnar | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 1:04 | |
| Welterweight | Chris Lytle | def. | Brian Foster | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Middleweight | C. B. Dollaway | def. | Goran Reljic | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | James Te Huna | def. | Igor Pokrajac | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:26 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[14]
