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Attendance
  
16,080

Venue
  
Staples Center

Date
  
4 August 2012

Total gate
  
1.1 million USD

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City
  
Los Angeles, California

UFC on Fox Shogun vs. Vera
  
UFC 150 Henderson vs. Edgar II

Location
  
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Other Instances
  
UFC 208, UFC Fight Night: Bermude, UFC on Fox: Shevche, UFC Fight Night: Rodrígue, UFC 207

UFC on Fox: Shogun vs. Vera (also known as UFC on Fox 4) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 4, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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Background

Chad Griggs was expected to face Phil Davis at the event. However, Griggs was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Wagner Prado.

Brian Stann was expected to headline the event against promotional newcomer Hector Lombard. However, Stann was forced out of the bout citing a shoulder injury.

Maurício Rua instead headlined the fight against Brandon Vera, both being pulled from fights on earlier cards.

Pablo Garza was forced to withdraw from his fight against Josh Grispi, Grispi will now face Rani Yahya.

Terry Etim was forced to withdraw from his fight against Joe Lauzon, Lauzon will now face Jamie Varner.

Rob Broughton was expected to face Matt Mitrione at the event. However, the bout was scrapped after Broughton pulled out for an undisclosed personal matter.

On July 25, 2012, heavyweight Ben Rothwell pulled out of his fight against Travis Browne due to an injured ankle. This led to Browne being removed from the card, while Mike Swick vs DaMarques Johnson was bumped up to the main card.

On July 30, 2012, UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of the main event will receive a Light Heavyweight title shot, regardless of how impressive either Ryan Bader or Lyoto Machida were in the co-main event of the evening. However, on July 31, 2012, White said whichever fighter puts forth the best performance on Saturday night will receive the shot at the winner of Jon Jones' September 1 title defense against former two-time PRIDE Fighting Championships champion Dan Henderson at UFC 151.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

  • Fight of the Night: Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner
  • Knockout of the Night: Mike Swick
  • Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon

    • Reported Payout

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

  • Maurício Rua: $240,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Vera: $70,000
  • Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Ryan Bader: $47,000
  • Joe Lauzon: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jamie Varner: $12,000
  • Mike Swick: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus) def. DaMarques Johnson: $18,000
  • Nam Phan: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Cole Miller: $21,000
  • Phil Davis: $30,000 vs. Wagner Prado: $16,000
  • Rani Yahya: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000
  • Phil De Fries: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Oli Thompson: $11,000
  • Manvel Gamburyan: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Michihiro Omigawa: $11,000
  • John Moraga: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Ulysses Gomez: $8,000

    • References

    UFC on Fox: Shogun vs. Vera Wikipedia
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