UFC Fight Night 11
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UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 11 was a mixed martial arts (MMA)
event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
. It was broadcast live in the United States and Canada on Spike TV
as a lead-in to the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 6.
The main event was originally expected to be a rematch between The Ultimate Fighter 1
contestants Chris Leben
and Mike Swick
. Leben, however, chose to decline the fight offer (Leben later claimed that his managers turned down the fight without his knowledge on an Ultimate Fighter 1 reunion episode). Swick was to be featured on the main card in a match against Canadian fighter Jonathan Goulet
, who confirmed the bout on July 18 to The Fight Network
. Reports indicate that veteran UFC fighter Chris Lytle
was also considered for the bout. However, Swick pulled out of the bout on September 2, 2007 due to a rib injury.Goulet faced Dustin Hazelett instead.
The card was rescheduled to feature a lightweight
main event bout between Din Thomas
and Spencer Fisher
. However, on August 7, Fisher announced via his MySpace
page that he was withdrawing from the event due to a staph infection in his knee. Former title challenger Kenny Florian
replaced Fisher in the main event.
Chris Leben remained on the fight card; he appeared in a middleweight match with Terry Martin
. Nate Quarry
, the first cast member of The Ultimate Fighter
reality series to challenge for a UFC championship, also returned to the UFC after nearly a two-year layoff following his match against Rich Franklin
at UFC 56
.
Florian: ($22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus)) def. Thomas: ($16,000)
Leben: ($20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)) def. Martin: ($12,000)
Diaz: ($30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)) def. Assuncao: ($6,000)
Quarry: ($20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)) def. Sell: ($10,000)
Cummo: ($32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus)) def. de Oliveira: ($4,000)
Alves: ($28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)) def. Hironaka: ($10,000)
Hazelett: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)) def. Goulet: ($6,500)
Maynard: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)) def. Veres: ($3,000)
Miller: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)) def. Garcia: ($6,000)
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 (UFC)
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 Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. It was broadcast live in the United States and Canada 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...
as a lead-in to the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 6.
The main event was originally expected to be a rematch between The Ultimate Fighter 1
The Ultimate Fighter 1
The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter premiered on January 17, 2005. Sixteen mixed martial arts fighters were invited to participate in the show where they would reside together and train in two separate teams...
contestants Chris Leben
Chris Leben
Christian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
and Mike Swick
Mike Swick
Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....
. Leben, however, chose to decline the fight offer (Leben later claimed that his managers turned down the fight without his knowledge on an Ultimate Fighter 1 reunion episode). Swick was to be featured on the main card in a match against Canadian fighter Jonathan Goulet
Jonathan Goulet
Jonathan Goulet is a retired French Canadian mixed martial artist. He has most recently fought as a welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he made his successful debut at Ultimate Fight Night 2, defeating Jay Hieron by technical knockout.-Mixed martial arts career:Goulet is...
, who confirmed the bout on July 18 to The Fight Network
The Fight Network
Fight Network is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel devoted to airing programming related to wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and other combatant styles...
. Reports indicate that veteran UFC fighter 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...
was also considered for the bout. However, Swick pulled out of the bout on September 2, 2007 due to a rib injury.Goulet faced Dustin Hazelett instead.
The card was rescheduled to feature a lightweight
Lightweight (MMA)
The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...
main event bout between Din Thomas
Din Thomas
Din Yero Thomas is an American mixed martial arts fighter and part time break dancer, who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently runs two successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA academies in Port St. Lucie, Florida and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Liborio...
and Spencer Fisher
Spencer Fisher
Spencer William Fisher is an American mixed martial artist from Brevard, North Carolina. He currently fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. He holds notable victories over Thiago Alves, Matt Wiman, Sam Stout, Jeremy Stephens, and Caol Uno...
. However, on August 7, Fisher announced via his MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page that he was withdrawing from the event due to a staph infection in his knee. Former title challenger Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian
Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...
replaced Fisher in the main event.
Chris Leben remained on the fight card; he appeared in a middleweight match with Terry Martin
Terry Martin (fighter)
Terry Martin is an American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois.Martin made his professional boxing debut on April 12, 2008, and defeated Ricardo Upchurch by knockout in 40 seconds. Martin won his next three bouts via knockout or technical knockout.- Early life :Martin grew up on the west...
. 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:...
, the first cast member of The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...
reality series to challenge for a UFC championship, also returned to the UFC after nearly a two-year layoff following his match against Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
Rich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...
at UFC 56
UFC 56
UFC 56: Full Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2005. It was held at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and released on DVD.-History:Headlining the card were the...
.
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Gray MaynardGray MaynardBradley 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. Joe VeresJoe VeresJoe Veres is an American mixed martial artist who last fought for the UFC. He lost his last fight at UFC Fight Night 12 to Corey Hill on January 23, 2008. He wrestled for a high school in Cleveland,Ohio and placed sixth in the state his senior year. Veres was a three time academic All-American...
- Maynard defeated Veres via KO (punch) at 0:09 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Luke CummoLuke CummoLuke Joseph Cummo is an American mixed martial artist who appeared in the second season of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. After winning two exhibition fights, he made it to the finals where he was defeated by Joe Stevenson by decision in a close bout...
vs.
Edilberto de OliveiraEdilberto de OliveiraEdilberto Souza "Crocota" de Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Welterweight division.-Early career:Edilberto de Oliveira made his professional MMA debut in 2004...
- Cummo defeated de Oliveira via TKO (punches) at 1:45 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Cole MillerCole MillerJeremiah Cole Miller is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division in the UFC. His nickname "Magrinho" means "skinny" in Portuguese....
vs. Leonard GarciaLeonard GarciaLeonard Garcia is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He previously fought for the UFC in the lightweight division before moving down to the featherweight division in the World Extreme Cagefighting...
- Miller defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Thiago AlvesThiago AlvesThiago 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.
Kuniyoshi HironakaKuniyoshi Hironakais a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division.After Mizuto Hirota vacated the Cage Force Lightweight Championship, Kuniyoshi Hironaka defeated Yoshihiro Koyama at Cage Force 12 to become the new belt holder....
- Alves defeated Hironaka via TKO (punch and knee) at 4:04 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Dustin HazelettDustin HazelettDustin Tyler Hazelett is a American mixed martial artist. He is best known for his fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Martial arts background:Dustin Hazelett was born in Louisa, Kentucky, USA...
vs.
Jonathan GouletJonathan GouletJonathan Goulet is a retired French Canadian mixed martial artist. He has most recently fought as a welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he made his successful debut at Ultimate Fight Night 2, defeating Jay Hieron by technical knockout.-Mixed martial arts career:Goulet is...
- Hazelett defeated Goulet via submission (armbar) at 1:14 of round 1.
Main card
- Middleweight bout: Nate QuarryNate QuarryNathan 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. Pete SellPete SellPeter K. Sell, is an American mixed martial artist specializing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a black belt under teacher and fellow mixed martial artist Matt Serra in East Meadow, New York, and has trained extensively under striking coach Ray Longo in Garden City, New York...
- Quarry defeated Sell via KO (punch) at 0:42 of round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Junior AssuncaoJunior AssuncaoCleuder F. "Junior" Assunção is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight and featherweight divisions.-Biography:Originally from Northeastern Brazil, Junior grew up in Miami, and now resides in Atlanta...
- Diaz defeated Assuncao via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Chris LebenChris LebenChristian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
vs. Terry MartinTerry Martin (fighter)Terry Martin is an American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois.Martin made his professional boxing debut on April 12, 2008, and defeated Ricardo Upchurch by knockout in 40 seconds. Martin won his next three bouts via knockout or technical knockout.- Early life :Martin grew up on the west...
- Leben defeated Martin via KO (punch) at 3:56 of round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Din ThomasDin ThomasDin Yero Thomas is an American mixed martial arts fighter and part time break dancer, who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently runs two successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA academies in Port St. Lucie, Florida and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Liborio...
vs. Kenny FlorianKenny FlorianKenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...
- Florian defeated Thomas via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:30 of round 1.
Purses
The disclosed fighter payroll was $273,500.Florian: ($22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus)) def. Thomas: ($16,000)
Leben: ($20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)) def. Martin: ($12,000)
Diaz: ($30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)) def. Assuncao: ($6,000)
Quarry: ($20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)) def. Sell: ($10,000)
Cummo: ($32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus)) def. de Oliveira: ($4,000)
Alves: ($28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)) def. Hironaka: ($10,000)
Hazelett: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)) def. Goulet: ($6,500)
Maynard: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)) def. Veres: ($3,000)
Miller: ($16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)) def. Garcia: ($6,000)