| UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The poster for UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 10, 2012 | |||
| Venue | CotaiArena | |||
| City | Macau,SAR, China | |||
| Attendance | 8,415[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,300,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le (also known asUFC on Fuel TV 6) was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on November 10, 2012, at theMacau,SAR, China.[2]It was the first UFC event held in China.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
As a result of the cancellation ofUFC 151, bouts betweenTakeya Mizugaki vs.Jeff Hougland andJohn Lineker vs.Yasuhiro Urushitani were rescheduled for this event.[9]
Marcelo Guimarães was expected to faceHyun Gyu Lim at the event; however, Guimarães was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced byDavid Mitchell.[10] Lim was then pulled from the bout by doctors and the fight was subsequently cancelled.[11]
Kyung Ho Kang was expected to faceAlex Caceres at this event; however, Kang was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Motonobu Tezuka.[12]
| Main Card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Cung Le | def. | Rich Franklin | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:17 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Thiago Silva | vs. | Stanislav Nedkov | NC (overturned) | 3 | 1:45 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Dong Hyun Kim | def. | Paulo Thiago | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Takanori Gomi | def. | Mac Danzig | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jon Tuck | def. | Zhang Tiequan | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Takeya Mizugaki | def. | Jeff Hougland | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Facebook) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Alex Caceres | def. | Motonobu Tezuka | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | John Lineker | def. | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Riki Fukuda | def. | Tom DeBlass | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.[13]
