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Date
  
May 23, 2009

City
  
Las Vegas, Nevada

Total gate
  
$3,257,350

Initial release
  
2009

7.3/10
IMDb

Venue
  
MGM Grand Garden Arena

Attendance
  
12,606

Buyrate
  
635,000

Director
  
Anthony Giordano


Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Cast
  
Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Matt Hughes, Chael Sonnen, Frankie Edgar

Similar
  
UFC 97, UFC 73, UFC 55, UFC 92: The Ultim, UFC 84

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UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 23, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Background

A title unification match between the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was originally slated to be the main event, but was postponed until UFC 100 due to a knee injury to Mir.

By way of replacement, Quinton Jackson, former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, was to fight the undefeated current champion Rashad Evans but had to undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair ligament damage in his jaw that he received in a previous training camp. Instead, Evans headlined the card against fellow undefeated contender Lyoto Machida.

The card featured the long anticipated grudge match between The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.

Due to injury, Josh Koscheck was not able to participate on this card. Brock Larson stepped in as the new opponent for Chris Wilson. Unfortunately, Chris Wilson was unable to complete the necessary medical paperwork in order to compete at the event and was replaced by Mike Pyle.

James Irvin was set to make his Middleweight debut against Drew McFedries, but was not able to fight due to a knee injury. Xavier Foupa-Pokam stepped in to fight McFedries.

Yushin Okami was set to fight Dan Miller on the main card but was taken off the card after Okami suffered a torn ligament. Early reports suggested Ed Herman would replace Okami, however Chael Sonnen stepped in to take the bout.

Houston Alexander was scheduled to fight Andre Gusmao, but was forced to pull out due to a broken hand. Krzysztof Soszynski stepped in to fight Gusmao.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.

  • Fight of the Night: Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
  • Knockout of the Night: Lyoto Machida
  • Submission of the Night: Brock Larson

    • Reported payout

  • Lyoto Machida: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Rashad Evans: $200,000
  • Matt Hughes: $200,000 ($100,000 win bonus) def. Matt Serra: $75,000
  • Drew McFedries: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam: $6,000
  • Chael Sonnen: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Dan Miller: $15,000
  • Frankie Edgar: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Sean Sherk: $40,000
  • Brock Larson: $42,000 ($21,000 win bonus) def. Mike Pyle: $15,000
  • Tim Hague: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Pat Barry: $7,000
  • Kyle Bradley: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Phillipe Nover: $10,000
  • Krzysztof Soszynski: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Andre Gusmao: $5,000
  • Yoshiyuki Yoshida: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Wolff: $4,000
  • George Roop: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. David Kaplan: $8,000

    • References

    UFC 98 Wikipedia
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