Wow, did UFC 140 deliver!! It’s always going to be true that some cards are better than others. When a card comes along with such a great line up, and intriguing fights…WOW! Beyond that though, it’s a rare combination of a great line up, intriguing fights, AND they live up to our expectations! UFC 140 was such a card! In case you didn’t see it, or didn’t get all this info, here it is…
Preliminary Bouts (on Facebook):
-Mark Bocek def. Nik Lentz, Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Jake Hecht def. Rich Attonito, TKO, Rd. 2, 1:10
-John Cholish def. Mitch Clarke, TKO, Rd. 2, 4:36
Preliminary Bouts (on ION Television):
-Igor Pokrajac def. Krzysztof Soszynski, KO, Rd. 1, :35
-Constantinos Philippou def. Jared Hamman, KO, Rd. 1, 3:11
-Dennis Hallman def. John Makdessi, Submission (Rear Naked Choke), Rd. 1, 2:58
-Yves Jabouin def. Walel Watson, Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Main Bouts (on Pay-Per-View):
-Jon Jones def. Lyoto Machida, Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke), Rd. 2, 4:26
-Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Big Nog), Submission (Kimura/broke arm), Rd. 1, 3:38
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Little Nog) def. Tito Ortiz, TKO, Rd. 1, 3:15
-Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick, Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
-Chan Sung Jung def. Mark Hominick, TKO, Rd. 1, :07
UFC Awards $75,000 Fighter Bonuses for UFC 140
Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida each earned a Fight of the Night Bonus
Chang Sung Jung earned Knock Out of the Night Bonus
Frank Mir earned a Submission of the Night Bonus
UFC 140, held in Toronto, Canada had an attendance of 18,303, and a live gate of $3.9 million.
Above results obtained from MMA Weekly.