UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos (also called UFC on Fox 1) 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 November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

. The event was the fifth that the UFC has hosted in Anaheim.

Background

This card marked the UFC's debut on the Fox Network

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta

Lorenzo Fertitta

Lorenzo Joseph Fertitta is an American businessman, casino executive, sports promoter and entrepreneur. Fertitta resides in Las Vegas with his wife Teresa and three children.- Education :...

 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 and Poirer/Garza fights.

The winner of the Clay Guida/Ben Henderson match is expected to get the next title shot against Frankie Edgar at UFC 144

UFC 144

UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event is expected to take place on February 26, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan....

 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, 16% higher than Kimbo Slice

Kimbo Slice

Kevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...

's CBS debut which averaged 4.9 million viewers. The ratings peaked in the United States at 8.8 million views.

Preliminary card (Facebook and FoxSports.com)

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Aaron Rosa
  Aaron Rosa
  Aaron Isaac Rosa is a Mexican American mixed martial artist. He previously fought at Heavyweight and currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
   vs.   Matt Lucas

Rosa defeated Lucas via majority decision (28–28, 30–26, 30–26). Lucas was deducted one point in the second round for repeatedly dropping his mouthpiece.

• Welterweight bout:   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...
  
   vs.   Paul Bradley

Pierce defeated Bradley via split decision (29–28, 30–27, 28–29).

• Bantamweight bout:   Alex Caceres
  Alex Caceres
  Alex Caceres is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight, featherweight, and bantamweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Caceres mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championships to appear on...
  
   vs.   Cole Escovedo
  Cole Escovedo
  Cole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Caceres defeated Escovedo via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Featherweight bout:   Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Semerzier has mostly fought in Virginia...
  
   vs.   Robbie Peralta

Peralta defeated Semerzier via TKO (accidental headbutt and punches) at 1:54 of round 3.

• Bantamweight bout:   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...
  
   vs.   Darren Uyenoyama
  Darren Uyenoyama
  Darren Uyenoyama is an American mixed martial artist currently signed with the UFC fighting in their bantamweight division...
  
  

Uyenoyama defeated Yamamoto via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–27).

• Welterweight bout:   DaMarques Johnson
  DaMarques Johnson
  DaMarques Johnson is an American mixed martial artist. He was the runner up for the welterweights on The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Clay Harvison
  Clay Harvison
  Clayton Harvison is a American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Harvison has made a name for himself fighting in his homestate of Georgia. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
  

Johnson defeated Harvison via KO (punches) at 1:34 of round 1. This bout aired last on the international broadcast following the Velasquez vs. dos Santos fight.

• Featherweight bout:   Cub Swanson
  Cub Swanson
  Kevin Luke Swanson is an American mixed martial artist . He is currently signed as a featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
  
   vs.   Ricardo Lamas
  Ricardo Lamas
  Ricardo Alejandro Lamas is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He trains with Team Top Notch in Elmhurst, Illinois...
  
  

Lamas defeated Swanson via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:16 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:   Dustin Poirier
  Dustin Poirier
  Dustin Poirier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
   vs.   Pablo Garza
  Pablo Garza (fighter)
  Pablo Garza is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Garza mostly competed in his regional circuit before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs....
  
  

Poirier defeated Garza via submission (D'Arce choke) at 1:32 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Clay Guida
  Clay Guida
  Clayton Charles Guida is an American mixed martial artist and currently fighting in the UFC as a lightweight. Guida was the first Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and held the title until being defeated by Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Revenge...
  
   vs.   Benson Henderson

Henderson defeated Guida via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27). This bout aired first on the international broadcast before the Velasquez vs. dos Santos fight.

Main event

• World Heavyweight Championship bout:   Cain Velasquez
  Cain Velasquez
  Cain Ramirez Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is a two-time All-American collegiate wrestler from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and a Junior College National Champ at Iowa...
  
   (c) vs.   Junior dos Santos
  Junior dos Santos
  Junior dos Santos Almeida, also known as Junior Cigano , is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. Dos Santos fights in the Heavyweight division, under the tutelage of former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and UFC...
  
  

Dos Santos defeated Velasquez via KO (punches) at 1:04 of round 1 to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion.

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

California State Athletic Commission

The California State Athletic Commission regulates professional boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing and professional mixed martial arts throughout the State by licensing all participants and supervising the events....

. 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