| UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 21, 2009 | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London,United Kingdom | |||
| Attendance | 13,268[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,000,000 (approximate)[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 21, 2009, atThe O2 Arena inLondon,United Kingdom.
The event was broadcast live for viewers inEurope andCanada and later tape delayed forU.S. viewers onSpike.[2] The bout was headlined by season one and two winners ofThe Ultimate Fighter.
Neil Grove was originally scheduled to faceJustin McCully, but the bout was cancelled when McCully withdrew from the fight. Grove instead faced Mike Ciesnolevicz.[3]
Per Eklund was originally scheduled to faceDavid Baron, but the bout was cancelled when Baron withdrew from the fight. Eklund instead facedEvan Dunham.[3]
Terry Etim was originally scheduled to faceJustin Buchholz, but the bout was cancelled when Buchholz had astaph infection. He was replaced byUFC newcomer Brian Cobb.[3]
Stefan Struve made his UFC debut at this event.
The event drew an average of 2.4 million viewers onSpike TV.[4]
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Dan Hardy | def. | Rory Markham | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:09 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Wilson Gouveia | TKO (knee and punches) | 3 | 3:10 | |
| Middleweight | Demian Maia | def. | Chael Sonnen | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:37 | |
| Welterweight | Paulo Thiago | def. | Josh Koscheck | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:29 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Terry Etim | def. | Brian Cobb | TKO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 0:10 | |
| Heavyweight | Junior dos Santos | def. | Stefan Struve | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | |
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Per Eklund | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Heavyweight | Mike Ciesnolevicz | def. | Neil Grove | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:03 | |
| Welterweight | Paul Kelly | def. | Troy Mandaloniz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.[5]
