UFC 139 Wrap-Up: Hendo, Rua, Silva, Le, Faber, McDonald take home $70k
Posted on November 19, 2011, 11:23 PM by Joey SantosusUFC 139 delivered an action-packed line-up tonight from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Legendary veterans Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua went to war in the headlining bout, battling it out for five-rounds en-route to a unanimous decision victory for "Hendo." In the co-main event, "The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva got back in the win column, knocking out promotional newcomer Cung Le, while Urijah Faber picked up a second-round submission victory over Brian Bowles. Top Welterweight Martin Kampmann outworked Rick Story to pick up the nod and Stephan Bonnar took a comfortable unanimous decision win over Kyle Kingsbury.
The UFC awarded generous $70,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le
Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber
Knockout of the Night: Michael McDonald
Live Gate: $1.268 Million
Attendance: 13,173
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Dan Henderson defeats Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua by unanimous decision (48-47 x3)
Wanderlei Silva defeats Cung Le by KO at 4.49mins of Rd2
Urijah Faber defeats Brian Bowles by sub. (guilltone choke) at 1.27mins of Rd2
Martin Kampmann defeats Rick Story by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 28-29)
Stephan Bonnar defeats Kyle Kingsbury by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-25)
Prelims:
Ryan Bader defeats Jason Brilz by KO at 1.17mins of Rd1
Michael McDonald defeats Alex Soto by KO at 0.56mins of Rd1
Chris Weidman defeats Tom Lawlor by sub. (d’arce choke) at 2.07mins of Rd1
Gleison Tibau defeats Rafael dos Anjos by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 27-30)
Miguel Torres defeats Nick Pace by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Seth Baczynski defeats Matt Brown by sub. (guillotine choke) at 0.42mins of Rd1
Danny Castillo defeats Shamar Bailey by TKO at 4.52mins of Rd1
Comments
TUF guys are getting annhilated lately
except bader.. :D
Not Ramsey Nijem and "Bruce Leroy", they looked awesome last time out.
Best event of 2011 and one of the I've seen.
Hendo Shogun should've got extra cash for the fight they put on, same as Sanchez Kampmann.
Hendo and Shogun did get extra cash. $70k each actually.
They got the fight of the night bonus, but they deserve a fight of the year bonus as well.
I meant how Sanchez Kampmann got a pumped up FOTN bonus, they got 100k for a FIght Night and that is not regular.
The year isn't over yet. It would be unfair to crown that fight as FOTY without even giving the rest of the matchups a chance.
Gotta give Performance fo the night to McDonald and Faber, they both looked AWESOME
great card tonight...proves that there doesnt have to be a belt on the line to have a great card
i think this card was overrated. FABER had a win over an average to below average oponent and in my view looked average and should have been more dominant. the shogun hendo fight was a robbery, i had it scored 48-27 shogun with the last round being a 10-7 round. yes 10-7. and wanderlei looked great. definitly should fight for the belt next against anderson. a battle of the silvas too headline the next ufc in brazil. WAR
you MUST be new to mma s2681043, Wanderlei Silva doesnt have the chin to go up against anderson nor does he have the evasiveness, hed be out within the first round. Faber looked great against a FORMER champ if Im correct. The last round I scored 10-8 for shogun, but also the first round couldve been arguably a 10-8 for hendo depending how u look at it otherwise I had the fight at a draw.
s2681043, please tell me you are joking, 10-7 is like bigfoot or the loc-ness monster