| UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 11, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Patriot Center | |||
| City | Fairfax,Virginia | |||
| Attendance | 8,078[1] | |||
| Total gate | $753,962[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz (also known asUFC Fight Night 20) was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 11, 2010, at thePatriot Center inFairfax, Virginia.[2]
Headlining this event was a rematch betweenGray Maynard AndThe Ultimate Fighter 5 WinnerNate Diaz, The two faced each other on The Ultimate Fighter 5 Semi-Finals in an amateur bout, which Diaz won via submission (guillotine choke).
Nik Lentz was expected to faceJeremy Stephens at the event. However, Stephens pulled out of the bout with an injury and was replaced byThiago Tavares.[3]
A bout betweenJosh Koscheck andMike Pierce was expected to take place on this card.[4] However, Koscheck was shifted from this event to a bout withAnthony Johnson atUFC 106, while Pierce would faceJon Fitch atUFC 107.[5]
Mike Massenzio was expected to faceGerald Harris, but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced byJohn Salter.[6]
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Gray Maynard | def. | Nate Diaz | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Efrain Escudero | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 1:59 | |
| Middleweight | Aaron Simpson | def. | Tom Lawlor | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Amir Sadollah | def. | Brad Blackburn | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Chris Leben | def. | Jay Silva | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Jesse Lennox | Decision (split) (30–27, 30–27, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Thiago Tavares | vs. | Nik Lentz | Draw (majority) (28–28, 28–28, 27–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Rory MacDonald | def. | Mike Guymon | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:27 | |
| Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos | def. | Kyle Bradley | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gerald Harris | def. | John Salter | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:24 | |
| Middleweight | Nick Catone | def. | Jesse Forbes | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $30,000 bonuses.[7]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. 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.[8]
^Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.
