''UFC 100'' was a

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event produced by the

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(UFC) on July 11, 2009, in

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. This event was the most bought UFC pay-per-view of all time with a buyrate of 1.6million, until

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broke the record with 1.65million.

Background

The event included two championship bouts and a fight between the two coaches on the

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show, ''

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''. The main event was a rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion

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and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion

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. This

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bout occurred as a result of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture's year-long resignation from the promotion. During his absence, the UFC created an

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, which

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won by defeating

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. Nogueira and Mir were opposing coaches on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir'', and fought for the interim championship at ''

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''. During the airing of the television program, Couture returned to the company and UFC President

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announced he would defend the title against Lesnar at ''

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''. The winners of the Couture vs Lesnar and Nogueira vs Mir matches would fight for the undisputed title. In his fourth professional fight, Lesnar defeated Couture via

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to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Mir was crowned interim champion after becoming the first fighter to finish Nogueira. The match between Lesnar and Mir was set for ''

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''. However, Mir injured his knee while training, and withdrew from the bout. The next day, it was announced the fight would be moved to ''UFC 100''. Lesnar and Mir had fought once before, at ''

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'' (Lesnar's UFC debut); Mir won via

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submission. The co-main event featured

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, defending the Welterweight Championship against Thiago Alves. Alves entered the fight after consecutive victories over three top UFC welterweights:

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, Matt Hughes and

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. St-Pierre had previously defended the title against

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and

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. The third match on the main card was between top

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contenders

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and

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. The two were opposing coaches on the ninth season of ''The Ultimate Fighter'' (Henderson on Team USA and Bisping on Team UK). Bisping had a professional MMA record of 17–1, and was undefeated since moving to middleweight. He entered the bout following wins over Charles McCarthy,

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and

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. On June 2, it was announced the winner of the fight would get a shot at UFC Middleweight Champion

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. A preliminary match-up between

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and

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was scheduled for the card, but Goulet withdrew due to a shoulder injury, and was replaced by

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Light Heavyweight Champion

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made his UFC debut against

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. This event was Sherdog's 2009 Event of the Year.

Results

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $100,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher *Knockout of the Night: Dan Henderson *Submission of the Night: Tom Lawlor

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the

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. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC. *Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Frank Mir: $45,000 *Georges St-Pierre: $400,000 ($200,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves: $60,000 *Jon Fitch: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago: $8,000 *Dan Henderson: $250,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Michael Bisping: $150,000 *Yoshihiro Akiyama: $60,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Alan Belcher: $19,000 *Mark Coleman: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Stephan Bonnar: $25,000 *Jim Miller: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) def. Mac Danzig: $20,000 *Jon Jones: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Jake O'Brien: $13,000 *Dong Hyun Kim: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Grant: $5,000 *Tom Lawlor: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. C.B. Dollaway: $14,000 *Shannon Gugerty: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Matt Grice: $7,000

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