| UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 17, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Morial Convention Center | |||
| City | New Orleans,Louisiana | |||
| Attendance | 7,112[1] | |||
| Total gate | $685,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger (also known asUFC Fight Night 25 orUFC Fight Night: Battle on the Bayou) was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on September 17, 2011 at theErnest N. Morial Convention Center inNew Orleans,Louisiana.[2]
The event was the seventh time that the organization has held an event inLouisiana and first sinceUFC 37 in 2002.
The event was the lastUFC Fight Night aired onSpike, and in general, the lastUFC Fight Night labeled event until the debut ofFox Sports 1 in 2013. After that, all UFC main cards on cable/satellite Fox channels would be labeledUFC Fight Night. And, in addition to cable/satellite Fox UFC events, mostUFC Fight Pass main events would also be labeledUFC Fight Night.
Mackens Semerzier was expected to face Mike Lullo at the event,[3] but pulled out of the event on August 31[4] and was replaced byRobbie Peralta[5]
DaMarques Johnson was expected to faceClay Harvison at the event,[6] but pulled out of the bout with an injury on August 31 and was replaced bySeth Baczynski.[7]
Daniel Roberts was originally scheduled to faceTJ Waldburger, but pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by Mike Stumpf.[8]
The entire preliminary card was streamed onFacebook.[9]
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Jake Ellenberger | def. | Jake Shields | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 0:53 | |
| Middleweight | Court McGee | def. | Dongi Yang | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Erik Koch | def. | Jonathan Brookins | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Alan Belcher | def. | Jason MacDonald | TKO (submission to strikes) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook) | |||||||
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Vagner Rocha | def. | Cody McKenzie | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:49 | |
| Lightweight | Evan Dunham | def. | Shamar Bailey | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Lance Benoist | def. | Matthew Riddle | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Ken Stone | def. | Donny Walker | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:40 | |
| Welterweight | Seth Baczynski | def. | Clay Harvison | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:12 | |
| Welterweight | TJ Waldburger | def. | Mike Stumpf | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:52 | |
| Featherweight | Robbie Peralta | def. | Mike Lullo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Justin Edwards | def. | Jorge Lopez | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $55,000 bonuses.[10]
