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UFC 112

UFC 112: Invincible was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 10, 2010, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[3] Due to the time zone difference in Abu Dhabi, UFC 112 was shown live on pay-per-view in the United States at 1 pm ET (10 am PT), with a replay at the regular time of 10 pm ET (7 pm PT).

The event was the first held in the Middle East following the purchase of a 10 percent stake in the UFC parent company Zuffa by Abu Dhabi government-owned Flash Entertainment.[1] It was also the first UFC event to be held outdoors in an open-air arena.[4] The Concert Arena (at the Ferrari World theme park) was erected as a temporary venue for the event and was torn down the following week.

Background

Vitor Belfort was expected to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship; however, Belfort injured his shoulder during training and was unable to fight at the event.[5] It was thought that Silva would instead take on Chael Sonnen, but he was ruled out due to a large cut suffered at UFC 109 in his fight with Nate Marquardt. Silva ended up fighting Demian Maia.[6]

A bout between Paul Taylor and John Gunderson was cancelled on the day of the fight because of health issues that Taylor faced after cutting weight.[7]

Results

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Mostapha Al Turk

Madsen defeated Al Turk via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Matt Veach

Kelly defeated Veach via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:41 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Brad Blackburn

Johnson defeated Blackburn via TKO (strikes) at 2:08 of round 3.

• Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story

Story defeated Osipczak via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

• Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Phil Davis

Davis defeated Gustafsson via submission (anaconda choke) at 4:55 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following Etim vs. dos Anjos fight.

Main card

• Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Muñoz

Munoz defeated Grove via TKO (strikes) at 2:50 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos

dos Anjos defeated Etim via submission (armbar) at 4:30 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie

Hughes defeated Gracie via TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round 3.

• Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Frankie Edgar

Edgar defeated Penn via unanimous decision (50–45, 48–47, 49–46) to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.

• Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Demian Maia

Silva defeated Maia via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship. The scorecard of the fight was not given when the decision was announced (although was later mentioned on articles regarding the fight). Silva also broke the record for the most consecutive title defenses with 6 and extended his own record of consecutive UFC wins to 11.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.[8]

• Fight of the Night: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Muñoz
• Knockout of the Night: DaMarques Johnson
• Submission of the Night: Rafael dos Anjos

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