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UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos

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Date
  
November 12, 2011

City
  
Anaheim, California

Total gate
  
$1,072,187

Venue
  
Honda Center

Attendance
  
11,607

Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos (also known as UFC on Fox 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

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Background

This card marked the UFC's debut on the Fox Network. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta confirmed that the debut show would be a one-hour special with only the main event airing live on television, but a full preliminary card taking place beforehand.

Fox Deportes aired the Guida/Henderson, Poirer/Garza, Swanson/Lamas and Johnson/Harvison fights.

The winner of the Clay Guida/Benson Henderson fight determined who was next to get a title shot against Frankie Edgar (the reigning champion at the time), at UFC 144 in Japan.

The UFC on Fox main event broadcast marked the most-watched live hour ever for MMA in the United States and averaged 5.7 million viewers. The ratings peaked in the United States at 8.8 million viewers for the main event.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.

  • Fight of the Night: Clay Guida vs. Benson Henderson
  • Knockout of the Night: Junior dos Santos
  • Submission of the Night: Ricardo Lamas

    • 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 or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

  • Junior dos Santos: $220,000 ($110,000 win bonus) def. Cain Velasquez: $100,000
  • Ben Henderson: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Clay Guida: $40,000
  • Dustin Poirier: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Pablo Garza: $8,000
  • Ricardo Lamas: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $15,000
  • DaMarques Johnson: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Clay Harvison: $8,000
  • Darren Uyenoyama: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
  • Robert Peralta: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier: $8,000
  • Alex Caceres: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Cole Escovedo: $6,000
  • Mike Pierce: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Paul Bradley: $8,000
  • Aaron Rosa: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Matt Lucas: $6,000

    • References

    UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Wikipedia
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