UFC 131 Dos Santos vs. Carwin Attendance and Bonuses: Herman, Einemo, Weidman & Stout take home $70,000
Posted on June 11, 2011, 11:43 PM by Joey SantosusUFC 131 delivered an exciting night of fights tonight from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Top Heavyweight Junior dos Santos reaffirmed his place as number one contender with a dominate unanimous decision victory over Shane Carwin in the headlining bout. Kenny Florian was successful in his Featherweight debut, outpointing Diego Nunes in the co-main event, while Mark Munoz took another step towards Middleweight title contention, defeating Demian Maia to pick up his third consecutive win. Dave Herman emerged victorious in the battle of promotional newcomers, scoring a TKO over Jon Olav Einemo and Donald Cerrone took a lopsided unanimous against Vagner Rocha.
The UFC awarded generous $70,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin Bonuses:
Fight of the Night: Dave Herman vs. Jon Olav Einemo
Submission of the Night: Chris Weidman
Knockout of the Night: Sam Stout
Attendance: 14,685
Live Gate: 2.8 Million
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Junior Dos Santos def. Shane Carwin by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Kenny Florian def. Diego Nunes by decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Mark Munoz def. Demain Maia by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Dave Herman def. Jon Olav Einemo by TKO at 3.19mins of Rd2
Donald Cerrone def. Vagner Rocha by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Prelims:
Sam Stout def. Yves Edwards by KO at 3.52mins of Rd1
Chris Weidman def. Jesse Bongfeldt by submission (standing guillotine choke) at 4.54mins of Rd1
Krzystof Soszynksi def. Mike Massenzio by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Nick Ring def. James Head by submission (rear-naked choke) at 3.33mins of Rd3
Dustin Poirier def. Jason Young by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Joey Beltran def. Aaron Rosa by TKO at 1.26mins of Rd3
Darren Elkins def. Michihiro Omigawa by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Photo: Junior dos Santos, left, fights Gilbert Yvel during UFC 108 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 2, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Francis Specker
Comments
One of the best UFC cards I have seen, pretty much every fight was fast and fun to watch, JDS did what he was suppose to with Carwin and that Herman fight was one of the craziest I have ever seen was like an old Pride fight.
Personally I would have given the decision to Maia and the judge that scored that fight 30-27 should never get to watch another MMA fight. I guess I am just tired of seeing takedowns that do nothing score so highly.
Oh and holy shit was Omigawa robbed! Why does it feel like every UFC card has one of these fights where its a clear 30-27 and then that fighter still loses.
@ Krogan
I also thought the judging was off. 2 unanimous decisions on very close fights? (Munoz v Maia and Florian v Nunes) Those fights could have gone either way or a least a split decision.
Didn't see the Omigawa fight - now i will have to look for it!
I only hope that Yyves Edwards is ok - brutal KO - oh man.
I agree dude the Omigawa fight was a joke, Maia won IMO. He won the first round easily, the second was close but he lost it, the third was razor tight but that submission attempt was the difference....Also if you saw the Poirer fight, two retard jjudges scored it 30-27. The second round Young dominated the striking with beatiful leg kicks then he gets taken down with 15 seconds left and nothing happens. BRUTAL!
Brutal KO for sure and the way his head bounced off the matt was sick. He was down for a long time after the fight was over. I was surprised they didn't report on his condition cos he looked to be in a bad way.
Beltran and Rosa must feel robbed, easily fight of the night on any other card. And for about 15 minutes the wikipedia page for UFC 131 read, "Elkins defeated Omigawa via Cecil Peoples" lol
Man, Sam Stout had a great knockout--and got the Knockout of the Night bonus of 70 Gs. He already has 5 Fight of the Night bonuses.