''UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson'' was a

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event held by the

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(UFC) on February 21, 2009 at The O₂ Arena in

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Background

The event was broadcast live for viewers in

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and

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and later tape delayed for

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viewers on

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. The bout was headlined by season one and two winners of ''

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''.

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was originally scheduled to face

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, but the bout was cancelled when McCully withdrew from the fight. Grove instead faced Mike Ciesnolevicz.

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was originally scheduled to face David Baron, but the bout was cancelled when Baron withdrew from the fight. Eklund instead faced

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was originally scheduled to face

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, but the bout was cancelled when Buchholz had a

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. He was replaced by

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newcomer Brian Cobb.

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made his UFC debut at this event. The event drew an average of 2.4 million viewers on

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Results

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson *Knockout of the Night: Paulo Thiago *Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

References

External links

Official card
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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References

External links