| UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 28, 2010 | |||
| Venue | TD Garden | |||
| City | Boston,Massachusetts | |||
| Attendance | 14,168[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,800,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 570,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on August 28, 2010 at theTD Garden inBoston,Massachusetts,United States.[3] The third UFC Fan Expo coincided with the event.[4] This event was the first the UFC held in Massachusetts.
Nate Marquardt andAlessio Sakara were originally set to face each other atUFC 116, but the fight was cancelled due to the death of Sakara's father.[5] On July 23, Sakara's original opponent,Jorge Rivera suffered a broken arm in training and was replaced byGerald Harris. On August 5, Sakara (who was back on the card) then bowed out due to an unknown injury and was replaced byJoe Vedepo.[6] On August 18, it was announced that the Harris/Vedepo bout had been scrapped altogether.[7]
A bout betweenNate Marquardt andRousimar Palhares was moved toUFC Fight Night 22 and promoted to the new main event. The original Fight Night main event was scheduled to beDemian Maia vs.Alan Belcher, however, Belcher had to withdraw due to an injured retina.[8] As a result of this, Maia was moved to this card and fought Mario Miranda.[9]
The event featured the first MMA appearance of a professional boxer with three-time world championJames Toney. The debut of a professional boxer took place atUFC 1 whenArt Jimmerson lost toRoyce Gracie by submission.
On August 5, it was announced thatTerry Etim had suffered a broken rib in training and was pulling out of his bout withJoe Lauzon. Etim was replaced by formerUFC andTUF veteranGabe Ruediger.[10]
Phil Baroni was scheduled to faceJohn Salter, but Baroni was forced off the card on July 27 with a collarbone injury.[11]Dan Miller served as Baroni's replacement.[12]
On August 25, Dana White announced that the winner of theFlorian vs.Maynard fight would be guaranteed the next shot at the lightweight title.[13]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Frankie Edgar (c) | def | B.J. Penn | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def | James Toney | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 3:19 | |
| Middleweight | Demian Maia | def | Mario Miranda | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Gray Maynard | def | Kenny Florian | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Nate Diaz | def | Marcus Davis | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 4:02 | |
| Televised prelims (Spike TV) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Joe Lauzon | def | Gabe Ruediger | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:01 | |
| Lightweight | Nik Lentz | def | Andre Winner | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Dan Miller | def | John Salter | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:53 | |
| Welterweight | Greg Soto | def | Nick Osipczak | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Mike Pierce | def | Amilcar Alves | Submission (cross-body armbar) | 3 | 3:11 | |
The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.[14]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Massachusetts 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.[15]
