''UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 17'') was a
mixed martial arts
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event
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held by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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(UFC) on February 7, 2009.
Background
The main event was originally scheduled to be between
Joe Lauzon
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and
Hermes Franca
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. However, Franca suffered a torn ACL during training and could no longer participate in this event. He was replaced by
Jeremy Stephens.
Derek Downey replaced
Amir Sadollah
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in a bout against
Nick Catone
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. Sadollah pulled out after being sidelined with a broken clavicle.
Dan Miller replaced
Alessio Sakara in a bout against
Jake Rosholt
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. Sakara pulled out of the bout with a shoulder injury.
Matt Veach replaced
George Sotiropoulos against
Matt Grice
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. Sotiropoulos suffered a rib injury.
Results
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses.
* Fights of the Night: Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer
* Knockout of the Night: Cain Velasquez
* Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon
See also
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
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List of UFC champions
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Historical notes
At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classe ...
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List of UFC events
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2009 in UFC
The year 2009 is the 17th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2009 the UFC held 20 events beginning with, ''UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson''.
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