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event held by the

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on November 12, 2011 at the

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Background

This card marked the

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's debut on the

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CEO

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confirmed that the debut show would be a one-hour special with only the main event airing live on television, but a full preliminary card taking place beforehand.

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aired the Guida vs.

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, Poirier vs. Garza,

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vs.

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, and

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vs. Harvison fights. The winner of the Clay Guida/Benson Henderson fight determined who was next to get a title shot against

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(the reigning champion at the time), at ''

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. The UFC on Fox main event broadcast marked the most-watched live hour ever for

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in the

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and averaged 5.7 million viewers. The ratings peaked in the

at 8.8 million viewers for the main event.

Results

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses. * Fight of the Night: Clay Guida vs. Benson Henderson * Knockout of the Night: Junior dos Santos * Submission of the Night: Ricardo Lamas

Reported payout

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. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. *Junior dos Santos: $220,000 ($110,000 win bonus) def. Cain Velasquez: $100,000 *Ben Henderson: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Clay Guida: $40,000 *Dustin Poirier: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Pablo Garza: $8,000 *Ricardo Lamas: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $15,000 *DaMarques Johnson: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Clay Harvison: $8,000 *Darren Uyenoyama: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000 *Robert Peralta: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier: $8,000 *Alex Caceres: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Cole Escovedo: $6,000 *Mike Pierce: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Paul Bradley: $8,000 *Aaron Rosa: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Matt Lucas: $6,000

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