City Boston, Massachusetts Buyrate 570,000 Venue TD Garden | Attendance 14,168 Date 28 August 2010 Total gate 2.8 million USD | |
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UFC 118 Edgar vs. Penn 2 UFC Fight Night Marquardt vs. Palhares Location TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship | ||
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UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 28, 2010 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The third UFC Fan Expo coincided with the event. This event was the first the UFC held in Massachusetts.
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Ufc 118 edgar vs penn 2
Background
Nate Marquardt and Alessio Sakara were originally set to face each other at UFC 116, but the fight was cancelled due to the death of Sakara's father. On July 23, Sakara's original opponent, Jorge Rivera suffered a broken arm in training and was replaced by Gerald Harris. On August 5, Sakara (who was back on the card) then bowed out due to an unknown injury and was replaced by Joe Vedepo. On August 18, it was announced that the Harris/Vedepo bout had been scrapped altogether.
A bout between Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares was moved to UFC Fight Night 22 and promoted to the new main event. The original Fight Night main event was scheduled to be Demian Maia vs. Alan Belcher, however, Belcher had to withdraw due to an injured retina. As a result of this, Maia was moved to this card and fought Mario Miranda.
The event featured the second MMA appearance of professional boxer and current IBA heavyweight champion James Toney. The debut of a professional boxer took place in UFC 1 when Art Jimmerson lost to Royce Gracie by submission On August 5, it was announced that Terry Etim had suffered a broken rib in training and was pulling out of his bout with Joe Lauzon. Etim was replaced by former UFC and TUF veteran Gabe Ruediger.
Phil Baroni was scheduled to face John Salter, but Baroni was forced off the card on July 27 with a collarbone injury. Dan Miller served as Baroni's replacement.
On August 25, Dana White announced that the winner of the Florian vs. Maynard fight would be guaranteed the next shot at the lightweight title.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.
Reported Payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission. 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.