| UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 15, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Frank Erwin Center | |||
| City | Austin, Texas | |||
| Attendance | 7,724[1] | |||
| Total gate | $595,900[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares (also known asUFC Fight Night 22) and originally scheduled asUFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Belcher, was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on September 15, 2010 at theFrank Erwin Center inAustin, Texas.[2] The event also served as a lead in to the season premiere ofThe Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.[3]
The card for the event was plagued with numerous injuries, with multiple potential fights being called off as a result.
Jim Miller andGleison Tibau were reported to be fighting atUFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko, but the fight was moved to this card.[4]
On August 1, 2010,Alan Belcher withdrew from the main event fight withDemian Maia after undergoing emergency eye surgery.[5]
On August 2, 2010, the bout betweenNate Marquardt andRousimar Palhares, which was originally scheduled forUFC 118 was moved to this event to serve as the new main event.[6] As a result of this, Maia was moved toUFC 118 where he defeated Mario Miranda by unanimous decision in the same slot as the Marquardt vs. Palhares bout would have been.[7]
On August 9, 2010, it was announcedTomasz Drwal would faceDavid Branch because both of their original opponents had to withdraw from their bouts due to injury.[8]Nick Catone, who was scheduled to fight Drwal, needed shoulder and back surgery.[9]Aaron Simpson, who was scheduled to fight Branch, had astaph infection in his elbow.[10]
On August 18, 2010,Mac Danzig was pulled from hisUFC 115 rematch withMatt Wiman due to an unknown injury.Efrain Escudero was then pulled from a bout withJohn Gunderson to face Wiman in the co-main event, but Wiman broke his arm while training. Escudero instead faced touted prospectCharles Oliveira,[11] while Gunderson faced returningUFC veteranYves Edwards.[12] The Danzig/Wiman rematch was rescheduled forUFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson in October 2011, where Wiman won by unanimous decision.
During the weigh-in, Efrain Escudero weighed in at 159 lb, resulting in his bout with Charles Oliveira becoming a catchweight bout.[13]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Rousimar Palhares | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:28 | |
| Catchweight (159 lb) | Charles Oliveira | def. | Efrain Escudero | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:25 | |
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | def. | Gleison Tibau | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Cole Miller | def. | Ross Pearson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:49 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Yves Edwards | def. | John Gunderson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Kyle Kingsbury | def. | Jared Hamman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | David Branch | def. | Tomasz Drwal | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Rich Attonito | def. | Rafael Natal | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | TJ Waldburger | def. | David Mitchell | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Brian Foster | def. | Forrest Petz | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:07 | [a] |
Marquardt defeatedRousimar Palhares via TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 1 at the main-event of UFC Fight Night 22. During the fight Palhares went for a heel-hook however Marquardt slipped his leg free and quickly turned the tables for a first-round TKO victory. However, this came with some controversy. Once Marquardt pulled his leg free, Palhares looked at his hand and signalled to officials and seemingly complained that Marquardt was greased. Marquardt capitalized on the opening and pounded Palhares with a quick barrage of punches. The ending, though, wasn't due to any illegal circumstances. UFC broadcasterJoe Rogan immediately announced that Marquardt had passed an inspection from the ringside physician and the referee. Marquardt explained that before the fight; "I came out really warm because I wanted a good sweat," which explains why he was slippery and managed to remain elusive.[14][15][16]Marquardt's trainerGreg Jackson stated that officials checked Marquardt before the fight for any greasing type substance.[17]
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.[18]
