| UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The poster for UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 12, 2010 | |||
| Venue | General Motors Place | |||
| City | Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada | |||
| Attendance | 17,669[1] | |||
| Total gate | $4,221,787[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 520,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on June 12, 2010, atGeneral Motors Place (now Rogers Arena) inVancouver, British Columbia,Canada.[3]
This was the fourth UFC event to be held in Canada, followingUFC 83,UFC 97 andUFC 113 and the first UFC event held in British Columbia since they passed a bill to sanction MMA, on December 17, 2009.[4] For a few days, this event location was in jeopardy because there were still no regulations in place to promote the sport professionally within Vancouver[5] andCincinnati was rumoured to be a possible location for moving this event.[6] However, the problems were resolved andDana White confirmed that the show will be going ahead in Vancouver on the scheduled date.[7]
The main event was tentatively set to be a third bout featuringUltimate Fighter coaches and formerLight Heavyweight ChampionsChuck Liddell andTito Ortiz. In March, rumours began to circulate thatRich Franklin would replace Ortiz as Liddell's opponent, after Ortiz had supposedly withdrawn from the fight. However, Dana White denied this via his Twitter account on March 13, 2010, noting that Liddell vs. Ortiz was still set to be at the main event. Then, after the announcement, Ortiz had to withdraw from the match due to neck surgery.
Despite confirming Liddell/Ortiz III would in fact be at the main event for the card, the main event was confirmed on April 12 as Liddell vs. Franklin due to a neck injury suffered by Ortiz.[8]
The on-again, off-again rematch betweenThiago Alves andJon Fitch, first scheduled forUFC 107 thenUFC 111 and thenUFC 115 was moved again, toUFC 117.[9]
TheBen Rothwell vs.Gilbert Yvel fight replacedTyson Griffin vs.Evan Dunham on the main card. Griffin vs. Dunham was shown on the preliminaries aired on Spike TV.
Just likeUFC 111 in March,UFC 115 was shown in movie theaters around the United States byNCM Fathom.
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Rich Franklin | def. | Chuck Liddell | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:55 | |
| Heavyweight | Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Pat Barry | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:30 | |
| Welterweight | Martin Kampmann | def. | Paulo Thiago | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Ben Rothwell | def. | Gilbert Yvel | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Carlos Condit | def. | Rory MacDonald | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:53 | |
| Preliminary card (Spike TV) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Tyson Griffin | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Matt Wiman | def. | Mac Danzig | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:45 | [a] |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Mario Miranda | def. | David Loiseau | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:07 | |
| Welterweight | James Wilks | def. | Peter Sobotta | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Claude Patrick | def. | Ricardo Funch | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:48 | |
| Welterweight | Mike Pyle | def. | Jesse Lennox | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 4:44 | |
The following fighters received $85,000 bonuses.[11]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Vancouver 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.[12]
