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City
  
Las Vegas, Nevada

Date
  
4 February 2012

Total gate
  
2.4 million USD

Buyrate
  
400,000

Attendance
  
9,015

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Location
  
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Nevada, United States

Venue
  
Mandalay Bay Events Center

Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

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UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts event organized by Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Background

An episode of UFC Primetime returned to promote the main event.

Georges St-Pierre was originally scheduled to defend his title in the Welterweight division against Nick Diaz in the main event. However, on December 7, 2011 it was revealed that St-Pierre was injured and could not fight. Diaz instead faced Carlos Condit. The original opponent for Condit, Josh Koscheck, faced Mike Pierce at this event.

Erik Koch was expected to fight with Dustin Poirier, but was injured and was to be replaced by Ricardo Lamas. However, Lamas ended up injured as well and was replaced by Max Holloway.

Amir Sadollah was scheduled to fight Jorge Lopez at the event, but due to an injury was replaced by Matthew Riddle.

Justin Edwards was expected to face Stephen Thompson, but was injured and replaced by Daniel Stittgen.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.

  • Fight of the Night: Fabrício Werdum vs. Roy Nelson
  • Submission of the Night: Dustin Poirier
  • Knockout of the Night: Stephen Thompson
  • Reported Payout

    The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

  • Carlos Condit: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Nick Diaz: $200,000
  • Fabrício Werdum: $100,000 (no win bonus) def. Roy Nelson: $20,000
  • Josh Koscheck: $146,000 (includes $73,000 win bonus) def. Mike Pierce: $20,000
  • Renan Barão: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Scott Jorgensen: $20,500
  • Ed Herman: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus) def. Clifford Starks: $8,000
  • Dustin Poirier: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) vs. Max Holloway: $6,000
  • Edwin Figueroa: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Alex Caceres: $8,000
  • Matt Brown: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Chris Cope: $8,000
  • Matthew Riddle: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Henry Martinez: $6,000
  • Rafael Natal: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Michael Kuiper: $6,000
  • Stephen Thompson: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Dan Stittgen: $6,000
  • References

    UFC 143 Wikipedia