UFC 130
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UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill was a mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 on May 28, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Background

This event was to be the third meeting between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard
Gray Maynard
Bradley Gray Maynard is an American amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has recorded one of the fastest knockouts in UFC history, at 9 seconds against Joe Veres. He is the only fighter to hold a win over current...

 and their second meeting for the UFC Lightweight Championship. The two met earlier this year at UFC 125: Resolution
UFC 125
UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:...

 with the fight ending in a split draw, and Edgar retaining his title. Their first encounter at UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon saw Maynard win via unanimous decision.

It was later announced on May 9 that injuries to both forced the fight to be removed from the card. Edgar suffered broken ribs, while Maynard has suffered a knee injury.

On February 9, it was rumored that Thiago Silva had been forced from his bout with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and could be replaced by Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
Rashad Anton Evans is an American mixed martial artist from Niagara Falls, New York, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Evans lost the UFC Light Heavyweight...

. Silva stated that he was not injured and was looking forward to his bout with Jackson. Instead, information surfaced that Silva may have failed a pre-fight drug screening at UFC 125
UFC 125
UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:...

, which could result in his suspension. It was then announced that the proposed Rashad Evans bout was never close to being signed, and that Rampage would face Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...

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Former Sengoku Middleweight Champion Jorge Santiago
Jorge Santiago
|-| Loss|align=center| 23-10| Demian Maia| Decision | UFC 136| |align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00| Houston, Texas, United States||-| Loss|align=center| 23–9| Brian Stann| TKO | UFC 130| |align=center| 2|align=center| 4:29...

 confirmed he has signed a contract with the UFC and returned to face Brian Stann
Brian Stann
Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

 at this event.

On April 20, Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett
Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 was forced to withdraw from his bout with Miguel Torres
Miguel Torres (fighter)
Miguel Angel Torres is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He is a former WEC Bantamweight champion. Prior to fighting with the WEC, Torres also held the bantamweight title for the US Shooto organization, as well as for the Ironheart Crown...

. Demetrious Johnson
Demetrious Johnson (fighter)
Demetrious Johnson is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Johnson is ranked among the top ten bantamweights in the world by leading mixed martial arts publications...

, who was set to fight Renan Barao
Renan Barão
Renan do Nascimento Mota Pegado, known as Renan Barão , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 on the undercard, stepped in as Pickett's replacement while Barao faced Cole Escovedo
Cole Escovedo
Cole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

.

On April 27, Norifumi Yamamoto
Norifumi Yamamoto
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is associated with Purebred Tokyo and Krazy Bee. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona...

 was forced out of his bout with Chris Cariaso
Chris Cariaso
Chris Cariaso is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 due to injury. Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (fighter)
Michael McDonald is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division of the UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McDonald fought mostly in regional promotions in his home state of California before signing with Zuffa in 2010.-Background:McDonald started training...

, who was scheduled to take on Nick Pace
Nick Pace
Nick Pace is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Pace mostly fought in the Ring of Combat promotion where he was the reigning and inaugural Ring of Combat Bantamweight champion until he signed with World...

 at UFC 133
UFC 133
UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.-Background:...

, stepped in as Yamamoto's replacement.

Cody McKenzie
Cody McKenzie
Cody McKenzie is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McKenzie mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs...

 was set to fight Bart Palaszewski
Bart Palaszewski
Bart K. Palaszewski is a Polish-American mixed martial artist. He fought for the Quad City Silverbacks of the now defunct International Fight League. Following the UFC/WEC merger, Palaszewski is now under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 in this event, but an injury forced him out of the card. UFC president Dana White
Dana White
Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.- Biography :...

 later announced that Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...

 would step up to replace McKenzie. Palaszewski was also injured and replaced by returning UFC veteran Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....

.

UFC 130 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV
Spike TV
Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

, and the remainder of the preliminary bouts streamed on Facebook
Facebook
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Preliminary card (Facebook)

  • Bantamweight bout:   Renan Barão
    Renan Barão
    Renan do Nascimento Mota Pegado, known as Renan Barão , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

     vs.   Cole Escovedo
    Cole Escovedo
    Cole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

Barão defeated Escovedo via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
  • Bantamweight bout:   Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald (fighter)
    Michael McDonald is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division of the UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McDonald fought mostly in regional promotions in his home state of California before signing with Zuffa in 2010.-Background:McDonald started training...

     vs.   Chris Cariaso
    Chris Cariaso
    Chris Cariaso is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...

McDonald defeated Cariaso via split decision (29–28, 27–30, 29–28).
  • Lightweight bout:   Gleison Tibau
    Gleison Tibau
    Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...

     vs.   Rafaello Oliveira
    Rafaello Oliveira
    Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....

Tibau defeated Oliveira via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:28 of round 2. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Jackson vs. Hamill fight.

Preliminary card (televised)

  • Middleweight bout:   Kendall Grove
    Kendall Grove
    Kendall Kekoa Grove is an American mixed martial artist. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV.- Early life :...

     vs.   Tim Boetsch
    Tim Boetsch
    Tim Boetsch is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He was released by the UFC in late June 2009, with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses...

Boetsch defeated Grove via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Bantamweight bout:   Miguel Torres
    Miguel Torres (fighter)
    Miguel Angel Torres is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He is a former WEC Bantamweight champion. Prior to fighting with the WEC, Torres also held the bantamweight title for the US Shooto organization, as well as for the Ironheart Crown...

     vs.   Demetrious Johnson
    Demetrious Johnson (fighter)
    Demetrious Johnson is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Johnson is ranked among the top ten bantamweights in the world by leading mixed martial arts publications...

Johnson defeated Torres via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Main card

  • Middleweight bout:   Brian Stann
    Brian Stann
    Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

     vs.   Jorge Santiago
    Jorge Santiago
    |-| Loss|align=center| 23-10| Demian Maia| Decision | UFC 136| |align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00| Houston, Texas, United States||-| Loss|align=center| 23–9| Brian Stann| TKO | UFC 130| |align=center| 2|align=center| 4:29...

Stann defeated Santiago via TKO (punches) at 4:29 of round 2.
  • Welterweight bout:   Thiago Alves
    Thiago Alves
    Thiago Alves d'Araujo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He started training in Muay Thai when he was 15 and mixed martial arts at 17. He is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has been described as a "Muay Thai wrecking machine". As of July 2011, He is currently ranked the #10 welterweight...

     vs.   Rick Story
    Rick Story
    Rick Story is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a welterweight. He holds notable victories over Thiago Alves, Johny Hendricks and Jake Ellenberger.-Background:...

Story defeated Alves via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Browne defeated Struve via KO (superman punch) at 4:11 of round 1.
  • Heavyweight bout:   Frank Mir
    Frank Mir
    Francisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...

     vs.   Roy Nelson
    Roy Nelson (fighter)
    Roy Nelson is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. He last competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after winning Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter. The September 30, 2009 broadcast of his fight against Kimbo Slice, officially an exhibition, was the 2nd...

Mir defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26).
  • Light Heavyweight bout:   Quinton Jackson
    Quinton Jackson
    Quinton Ramone Jackson ;, also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jackson rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships where he was noted for his powerful body slams including a knockout victory over...

     vs.   Matt Hamill
    Matt Hamill
    Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...

Jackson defeated Hamill via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.
  • Fight of the Night:   Brian Stann vs.   Eric Jorge Santiago
  • Knockout of the Night:   Travis Browne
  • Submission of the Night:   Gleison Tibau

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 or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.
  • Quinton Jackson: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Matt Hamill: $32,000
  • Frank Mir: $250,000 ($125,000 win bonus) def. Roy Nelson: $15,000
  • Travis Browne: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Stefan Struve: $21,000
  • Rick Story: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves: $33,000
  • Brian Stann: $46,000 ($23,000 win bonus) def. Jorge Santiago: $36,000
  • Demetrious Johnson: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Miguel Torres: $30,000
  • Tim Boetsch: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Kendall Grove: $26,000
  • Gleison Tibau: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Rafaello Oliveira: $10,000
  • Michael McDonald: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Chris Cariaso: $4,000
  • Renan Barão: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Cole Escovedo: $6,000

Entrance music

Fighter Artist Title Album
Brian Stann Shinedown
Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...

"Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)
Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)
"Diamond Eyes " is a digital single by Shinedown, written for the 2010 film The Expendables. The song was released on iTunes on June 15, 2010, and to online retailers on June 21, 2010. It is the nineteenth track on The Sound of Madness.The song was released to U.S. radio on December 7...

"
The Sound of Madness
The Sound of Madness
The Sound of Madness is the third studio album by American rock band Shinedown, released June 24, 2008. The album's lead single, "Devour," was released to radio on May 5, 2008....

Demetrious Johnson Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...

"All of the Lights
All of the Lights
"All of the Lights" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, released January 18, 2011, as the fourth single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy...

"
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Frank Mir Kevin Rudolf
Kevin Rudolf
Kevin Rudolf is an American singer-songwriter and record producer signed to Cash Money Records. Rudolf is mostly known for singing and producing rock/pop music...

"In the City" In the City
In the City (Kevin Rudolf album)
-Chart performance:...

Jorge Santiago T.I.
T.I.
Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

"I'm Back
I'm Back (song)
"I'm Back" is a single by American rapper T.I. that is featured on the album No Mercy and also as an iTunes & Amazon MP3 deluxe edition bonus track...

"
No Mercy
Matt Hamill The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.-Details:The song is over seven minutes long, and begins with a signature Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro...

"
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers
-Personnel:The Rolling Stones*Mick Jagger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Dead Flowers", electric guitar on "Sway", percussion*Keith Richards – electric guitar, six & twelve string acoustic guitar, backing vocals...

Miguel Torres Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

"Dontgetit" Tha Carter III
Tha Carter III
Tha Carter III is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released June 10, 2008 on Cash Money Records. It follows a long string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other hip hop and R&B artists records, helping to increase his exposure in the mainstream...

Quinton Jackson DMX
DMX (rapper)
Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...

"One More Road to Cross" ...And Then There Was X
...And Then There Was X
…And Then There Was X is the third album by American rapper DMX, released December 21, 1999 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings.- Songs :...

Rick Story Black Label Society
Black Label Society
Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one EP, and three video albums released since formation of the band.-Formation and Sonic Brew :...

"Overlord" Order of the Black
Order of the Black
-Personnel:*Zakk Wylde – vocals, guitars, piano*John DeServio – bass, backing vocals*Will Hunt – drums*Nick Catanese – guitar Production*Produced by Zakk Wylde*Associate producer – John DeServio*Engineered by Adam Klumpp...

Roy Nelson "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...

"Fat
Fat (song)
"Fat" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. It is the second parody Yankovic did of a Jackson song, the first being "Eat It", a parody of Jackson's "Beat It"...

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Even Worse
Even Worse
Even Worse is the fifth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The album was the fifth produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer...

Stefan Struve Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...

"Written in the Stars
Written in the Stars (Tinie Tempah song)
"Written in the Stars" is the third single by English rapper Tinie Tempah, featuring American singer Eric Turner. Unlike his two prior breakthrough singles which were produced by Labrinth, the track instead features production by iSHi. It was released in September 2010 through Parlophone records,...

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Disc-Overy
Disc-Overy
Upon its release, Disc-Overy received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".-Track...

Thiago Alves T.I.
T.I.
Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

"Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)" T.I. vs. T.I.P.
T.I. vs. T.I.P.
T.I. vs. T.I.P. is the fifth studio album by American rapper T.I., released on July 3, 2007 through Grand Hustle Records and Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album only took a year in a half to record towards earliy-2007, T.I. stated and confirmed in an interview with MTV News...

Travis Browne DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled
Khaled bin Abdul Khaled , better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, and record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his...

"We Takin' Over
We Takin' Over
"We Takin' Over" is the first single from DJ Khaled's second album, We the Best. T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, Lil Wayne and Akon are all featured on this track. The song, produced by Danja, was released through the iTunes Store on March 27, 2007 and debuted at number 51 on Billboards Hot...

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We the Best
We the Best
We the Best is the second studio album by Miami mixtape DJ and Terror Squad member DJ Khaled, which was released on June 12, 2007. Guest appearances are Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Birdman, T.I., Akon, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, T-Pain, Dre, Game, Trick Daddy, Young Jeezy, Plies, Juelz Santana,...

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