UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson | ||||
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![]() The poster for UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | January 17, 2009 | |||
Venue | The O2 | |||
City | Dublin,Ireland | |||
Attendance | 9,369 | |||
Total gate | $1,300,000 | |||
Buyrate | 350,000[1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson[2] was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 17, 2009 atThe O2, Dublin inDublin, Ireland.
The main event featured aLight Heavyweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight ChampionRich Franklin and formerPride Middleweight Champion andPride Welterweight ChampionDan Henderson. The winner of the fight would become the coach oppositeMichael Bisping for the ninth season ofThe Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.
The co-main event featured aLight Heavyweight rematch betweenMaurício Rua, the2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion, and the2000 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion,UFC Hall of Famer, and formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionMark Coleman. This fight was a rematch of their first controversial match atPride 31 which resulted in a brawl between the camps of bothChute Boxe Academy andTeam Hammer House.
Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Dan Henderson | def. | Rich Franklin | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Maurício Rua | def. | Mark Coleman | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:36 | |
Middleweight | Rousimar Palhares | def. | Jeremy Horn | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Alan Belcher | def. | Denis Kang | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:36 | |
Welterweight | Marcus Davis | def. | Chris Lytle | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | John Hathaway | def. | Tom Egan | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 4:36 | |
Welterweight | Martin Kampmann | def. | Alexandre Barros | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:09 | |
Light Heavyweight | Eric Schafer | def. | Antonio Mendes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:35 | |
Light Heavyweight | Tomasz Drwal | def. | Ivan Serati | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:02 | |
Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | Nate Mohr | TKO (spinning back kick and punches) | 3 | 3:47 |
Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.[3]