''UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2'' was a

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event held by the

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(UFC) on November 21, 2009 at the

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Background

As with

UFC 103 ''UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. The event was broadcast on pay-per-view. Background This ...

and

UFC 104 ''UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Background As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card would ...

, a portion of the preliminary card aired live and commercial-free during an hour-long block on Spike.

Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (; born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist and politician. He is currently signed to the Combate Americas promotion. Ortiz is best known for his stints with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...

was originally scheduled to fight

Mark Coleman Mark Daniel Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. Coleman was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first UFC Heavyweight Champion, and the Pride ...

; however, on October 5, 2009, the fight was cancelled as Coleman was suffering from a knee injury. UFC confirmed that

Forrest Griffin Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013 and currently serves as the Vice President of Athlete Development at the ...

would step in to face Ortiz. On October 26, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar pulled out of his fight against

Shane Carwin Western Colorado Mountaineers Shane Bannister Carwin (born January 4, 1975) is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Hea ...

due to an illness that kept him from training. The UFC therefore had the Ortiz v. Griffin fight headline the UFC 106 card. Previously announced match-ups of

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vs.

Dennis Hallman Dennis Lloyd Hallman (born December 2, 1975) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed from 1996 to 2015. A veteran of 75 fights, he competed in various promotions including the UFC, Strikeforce, IFL, the World Seri ...

and

Kenny Florian Kenneth Alan Florian (born May 26, 1976) is an American retired mixed martial artist and commentator who formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He formerly served as an analyst for UFC on Fox from 2011–2018, and he als ...

vs.

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were moved to The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale and

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respectively.

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was originally scheduled to fight at UFC 106 but he was moved to UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz.

Jon Fitch Jonathan Parker Fitch (born February 24, 1978) is an American retired mixed martial artist. He has competed in the Welterweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the Professional Fighters League (PFL), and most recently for ...

was originally set to fight

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but Almeida was forced off the card with a knee injury. Fitch was moved to the

card to fight

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. Dana White confirmed on November 19 that

Karo Parisyan Karapet "Karo" Parisyan ( hy, Կարապետ Փարիզյան; born August 28, 1982) is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist, who last competed in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 1999, Parisyan is a ...

had pulled out of his fight against

Dustin Hazelett Dustin Tyler Hazelett (born April 29, 1986) is a retired American mixed martial artist who had fought as a Welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Hazelett was born in Louisa, Kentucky, USA. Hazelett began training in mar ...

for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse including show and win. As a result, the fight between

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and

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was promoted to the main card. Parisyan was also cut from the promotion following this incident.

Results

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson *Knockout of the Night: Antônio Rogério Nogueira *Submission of the Night: Josh Koscheck

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 and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. *Forrest Griffin: $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000 *Josh Koscheck: $106,000 ($53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson: $17,000 *Paulo Thiago: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $6,000 *Antônio Rogério Nogueira: $100,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Luiz Cane: $19,000 *Amir Sadollah: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000 *Ben Saunders: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $27,000 *Kendall Grove: $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus) def. Jake Rosholt: $15,000 *Brian Foster: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson: $26,000 *Caol Uno: $20,000 vs. Fabricio Camoes: $10,000 ^ *George Sotiropoulos: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Dent: $8,000 ^ ''Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.''

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Reported payout

See also

References