UFC 127
| UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch | ||||
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| A poster or logo for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | 27 February 2011 | |||
| Venue | Acer Arena | |||
| City | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Attendance | 18,186[1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,500,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 260,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, 27 February 2011 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.[3] Due to the time zone difference it aired live on Saturday, 26 February in North America. This was the second UFC event held in Sydney, following the sold-out UFC 110 in 2010.
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Background
Tickets for UFC Fight Club members went on sale on 14 December 2010. UFC 127 sold out moments after going on public sale on 16 December 2010, selling faster than tickets for UFC 110, and making it the fastest-selling event, along with UFC 115, in UFC history.[4]
ESPN UK aired the Ross Pearson vs. Spencer Fisher fight, which was confirmed by Jon Anik on MMA Live.[5] Ion Television aired the Pearson/Fisher, Te-Huna/Gustafsson and Ring/Fukuda preliminary bouts,[6] while the Perosh/Blackledge and Zhang/Rheinhardt preliminary bouts were streamed on the UFC's official Facebook page.[7]
On 9 February, it was announced that a knee injury had forced Carlos Condit out of his bout with Chris Lytle.[8] Condit was replaced by promotional newcomer Brian Ebersole.[9]
Results
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | B.J. Penn | vs. | Jon Fitch | Draw (majority) (28–29, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Michael Bisping | def. | Jorge Rivera | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:54 | |
| Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | George Sotiropoulos | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Brian Ebersole | def. | Chris Lytle | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Kyle Noke | def. | Chris Camozzi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Preliminary card (Spike) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Ross Pearson | def. | Spencer Fisher | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alexander Gustafsson | def. | James Te Huna | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:27 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Nick Ring | def. | Riki Fukuda | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Anthony Perosh | def. | Tom Blackledge | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:45 | |
| Featherweight | Zhang Tiequan | def. | Jason Reinhardt | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:48 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | def. | Chris Tuchscherer | KO (punch) | 2 | 1:41 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Lightweight | Curt Warburton | def. | Maciej Jewtuszko | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.[10]
- Fight of the Night: Brian Ebersole vs. Chris Lytle
- Knockout of the Night: Mark Hunt
- Submission of the Night: Kyle Noke
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