UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard
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UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 19, 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...

 (UFC) on September 16, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Background

A previously announced bout between Josh Neer
Josh Neer
Joshua Martin Neer is an American mixed martial artist from Des Moines, Iowa who is currently under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He trains at The LifeLine Youth Foundation and The Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. Neer is formerly an MFS Elite fighter...

 and Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Joseph Pellegrino is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the lightweight division of the UFC. Pellegrino's first fight in the UFC came in 2006...

 was moved to UFC 101
UFC 101
UFC 101: Declaration was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

.

Justin Buchholz replaced an injured Ronnys Torres
Ronnys Torres
Ronys Torres Da Cunha is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He trains with the Nova União team and lost his UFC debut at UFC 109 against Melvin Guillard.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 in a bout against Jeremy Stephens.

Ed Herman was supposed to replace an injured James Irvin against Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia is a Brazilian mixed martial artist.At and , Gouveia fights as a light heavyweight in the Maximum Fighting Championships organization after a stint as a middleweight in the UFC. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a member of American Top Team...

 at UFC 102
UFC 102
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon...

 but then Gouveia suffered an injury. Herman faced Aaron Simpson
Aaron Simpson (fighter)
Aaron Michael Simpson is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Before starting his mixed martial arts career, Simpson was a standout wrestler. In high school, Simpson compiled a 142–1 record wrestling for Antelope Union High School...

 at the UFC 102 event and lost via TKO in Round 2. Dan Miller was set to replace Ed Herman. However, an injured Dan Miller
Dan Miller
Dan Miller may refer to:* Dan Miller , Middleweight fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship* Dan Miller , former Premier of British Columbia* Dan Miller , former member of the U.S...

 was replaced by Jay Silva
Jay Silva
Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

 against C.B. Dollaway
C.B. Dollaway
Clarence Byron Dollaway is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 making it to the finale where he was defeated by an armbar from Amir Sadollah.-Early life:...

.

An injury forced Chris Lytle
Chris Lytle
Chris Scott Lytle is a retired American mixed martial artist, boxer and a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Lytle was prominently featured as a welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. In Chris's MMA and boxing career he was never knocked out or submitted, though he did...

 off the card. Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
Jacob Steven Ellenberger is an American mixed martial artist and former United States Marine. Ellenberger is signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in its welterweight division. Ellenberger is an assistant coach at back to back Division II National Wrestling champs, the University of...

 replaced him.

Kyle Bradley
Kyle Bradley
Kyle James Bradley is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division.- Career In The UFC :Bradley had a rough start in the UFC as he was knocked out quickly in the first by UFC vet Chris Lytle....

 pulled out of his matchup with Sam Stout
Sam Stout
Samuel James "Hands of Stone" Stout is a Canadian mixed martial artist from London, Ontario. Currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he is primarily known as a striker with an iron chin.- Mixed martial arts career :...

 due to injury and was replaced with Phillipe Nover
Phillipe Nover
Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...

. However, on the night of the fight, Nover suffered from a seizure in the locker room. His match against Sam Stout was cancelled as a result.

This event served as a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights is the tenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship -produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. In a press conference following UFC 98, Dana White announced that filming for the season would begin on June 1, 2009...

on Spike.

Preliminary card

  • Middleweight bout:   Ryan Jensen
    Ryan Jensen (fighter)
    Ryan James Jensen is an American mixed martial artist.-Background:Jensen began training at the age of 15. Following his first fight against Travis Fulton in February 1997, he did not compete again until June 2002...

     vs.   Steve Steinbeiss
    Steve Steinbeiss
    Steve Steinbeiss is an American mixed martial artist who recently fought in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

Jensen defeated Steinbeiss via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 3:56 of round 1.
  • Welterweight bout:   Brock Larson
    Brock Larson
    Brock Orville Larson is an American mixed martial artist from Brainerd, Minnesota. He most recently competed in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Larson also competed in World Extreme Cagefighting, before it discontinued its welterweight division, and on the...

     vs.   Mike Pierce
    Mike Pierce
    Michael Adam "Mike" Pierce is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion...

Pierce defeated Larson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Lightweight bout:   Jeremy Stephens
    Jeremy Stephens
    Jeremy Dean Stephens is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Des Moines, Iowa. Stephens is currently signed under the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion, fighting in their lightweight division....

     vs.   Justin Buchholz
    Justin Buchholz
    Justin Buchholz is an American mixed martial artist. Buchholz graduated from Lathrop High School in 2002, where he competed in wrestling. He competes in the Lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Stephens defeated Buchholz via TKO (cut) at 3:23 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:   C.B. Dollaway
    C.B. Dollaway
    Clarence Byron Dollaway is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 making it to the finale where he was defeated by an armbar from Amir Sadollah.-Early life:...

     vs.   Jay Silva
    Jay Silva
    Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

Dollaway defeated Silva via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
  • Welterweight bout:   Chris Wilson
    Chris Wilson (fighter)
    Christopher Ross Wilson is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Wilson is a former competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He lost his UFC debut to Jon Fitch at UFC 82...

     vs.   Mike Pyle
    Mike Pyle (fighter)
    Michael Wayne Pyle is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He held the WEC Welterweight Championship in 2005/6 before joining the IFL and UFC competitions. He holds notable victories over Jon Fitch, John Hathaway and Ricardo Almeida-Early life:Mike Pyle grew up in Dresden, Tennessee. At age...

Pyle defeated Wilson via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:15 of round 3.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:   Steve Cantwell
    Steve Cantwell
    Steven Francis Cantwell is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

     vs.   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...

Stann defeated Cantwell via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

Main card

  • Middleweight bout:   Nate Quarry
    Nate Quarry
    Nathan Parker Quarry is an American mixed martial arts fighter who is most notable for his appearance in The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...

     vs.   Tim Credeur
    Tim Credeur
    Timothy Wallace Credeur II is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 and was defeated by fellow cast member Jesse Taylor in the semi-finals. He was then brought back into the competition following the disqualification of Taylor. He fought C.B...

Quarry defeated Credeur via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 29–28).
  • Welterweight bout:   Carlos Condit
    Carlos Condit
    Carlos Joseph Condit is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight.Condit initially received national attention for his run as the final WEC Welterweight Champion...

     vs.   Jake Ellenberger
    Jake Ellenberger
    Jacob Steven Ellenberger is an American mixed martial artist and former United States Marine. Ellenberger is signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in its welterweight division. Ellenberger is an assistant coach at back to back Division II National Wrestling champs, the University of...

Condit defeated Ellenberger via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
  • Lightweight bout:   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...

     vs.   Roger Huerta
    Roger Huerta
    Roger Huerta , is an American mixed martial artist. He initially gained exposure by competing in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and later Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early life:...

Maynard defeated Huerta via split decision (28–29, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Lightweight bout:   Nate Diaz vs.   Melvin Guillard
    Melvin Guillard
    Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He debuted with the company on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing in the first welterweight elimination bout to Josh Burkman...

Diaz defeated Guillard via submission (modified guillotine choke) at 2:13 of round 2.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses.
  • Fight of the Night:   Nate Quarry vs.   Tim Credeur
  • Knockout of the Night:   Jeremy Stephens
  • Submission of the Night:   Nate Diaz

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC.
  • Nate Diaz: ($48,000 includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Melvin Guillard: ($14,000)
  • Gray Maynard: ($24,000 includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Roger Huerta: ($21,000)
  • Carlos Condit: ($48,000 includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jake Ellenberger: ($10,000)
  • Nate Quarry: ($60,000 includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Tim Credeur: ($10,000)
  • Brian Stann: ($22,000 includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Steve Cantwell: ($10,000)
  • Mike Pyle: ($30,000 includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Chris Wilson: ($17,000)
  • C.B. Dollaway: ($18,000 includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Jay Silva: ($6,000)
  • Phillipe Nover: ($20,000) vs. Sam Stout: ($24,000) ^
  • Jeremy Stephens: ($20,000 includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Justin Bucholtz: ($8,000)
  • Mike Pierce: ($10,000 includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson: ($26,000)
  • Ryan Jensen: ($8,000 includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Steve Steinbess: ($6,000)


^ Fight didn't take place because of pre-fight seizure suffered by Nover; fighters still paid
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