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UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger
Also known as UFC on Fuel TV 1, this was the first UFC event to air exclusively on Fuel TV. It was held on February 15, 2012 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. More than 7000 people were in attendance The event was the most watched show ever aired on Fuel TV with 217,000 viewers tuning in.

The main event consisted of Diego Sanchez facing Jake Ellenberger. Ellenberger came into the match on a five fight win streak, four of which ended by stoppage, including one against Jake Shields. The fight against Ellenberger would become Sanchez's eighteenth fight with the UFC going back to April 2005 when he won The Ultimate Fighter 1. Ellenberger continued his win streak defeating Sanchez by unanimous decision.

The fight between Sanchez and Ellenberger earned them fight of the night honors. Stipe Miocic earned the knock out of the night following a knock out win over Phil De Fries. The submission of the night went to Ivan Menjivar who finished John Albert at 3:45 of the first round with a rear naked choke.

Results

UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva
UFC on Fuel TV 2, also known as UFC Sweden, was held on April 14, 2012 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the first UFC event ever held in Sweden, and after selling out all tickets in just three hours it became the fastest selling European event in UFC history. There were 15,428 people in attendance earning over $2 million in ticket sales.

The main event was originally set to be Brazilian Antônio Rogério Nogueira facing the Swedish Alexander Gustafsson. Nogueira pulled out of the fight due to an injury and was replaced by Thiago Silva. This was Silva's first fight following a one-year suspension for falsifying a urine sample. Early in the first round, Gustafsson hit Silva with an uppercut that knocked Silva down. Silva was able to defend from the follow-up attack from Gustafsson and made it out of the first round. The bout went the full distance of three five-minute rounds after which Gusafsson won by unanimous decision.

The fight of the night award went to bantamweights Brad Pickett and Damacio Page. Pickett got the best of Page near the end of the second round, submitting Page with a rear-naked choke. John Maguire's armbar submission of DaMarques Johnson near the end of the second round of their fight earned Maguire the submission of the night award. The knockout of the night award went to Siyar Bahadurzada who knocked out Paulo Thiago in the first round.

Results listed in reverse chronological order: 

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.


 * Fight of the Night: 🇺🇸 Frankie Edgar vs. 🇺🇸 Benson Henderson
 * Knockout of the Night: 🇺🇸 Anthony Pettis
 * Submission of the Night: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vaughan Lee

UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier
UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier, also known as UFC on Fuel TV 3, took place on May 15, 2012 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Initially, this event was referred to as UFC on FX 3, but was since clarified to be a Fuel TV event.

Brandon Vera was briefly scheduled to face Thiago Silva in a rematch of their January 2011 bout. However, Vera was forced out of the bout with an injury. Igor Pokrajac stepped in to fight Silva. Silva was subsequently pulled from the bout to replace an injured Antônio Rogério Nogueira against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on Fuel TV 2. Pokrajac will now face Fabio Maldonado.

Yves Edwards was expected to face Donald Cerrone at the event, but Edwards was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Jeremy Stephens.

Mike Easton was expected to face Yves Jabouin at the event, but Easton was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Jeff Hougland who was previously expected to face Renan Barão at UFC 148.

Aaron Riley was expected to face Cody McKenzie at the event, but Riley was pulled from the event and replaced by promotional newcomer Marcus LeVesseur.

Azamat Gashimov was expected to make his promotional debut against Alex Soto. However, Gashimov was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by returning veteran Francisco Rivera.

The main event featured "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung facing Dustin Poirier in a five-minute five round fight. The winner of this bout reportedly will face José Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship.

Results

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.


 * Fight of the Night: 🇺🇸 Dustin Poirier vs. 🇰🇷 Chan-Sung Jung
 * Knockout of the Night: 🇺🇸 Tom Lawlor
 * Submission of the Night: 🇰🇷 Chan-Sung Jung

UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman
UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman is expected to take place on July 11, 2012 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Announced Bouts


 * Middleweight bout: 🇺🇸 Mark Muñoz vs. 🇺🇸 Chris Weidman
 * Light Heavyweight bout: 🇺🇸 Brandon Vera vs. James Te-Huna
 * Welterweight bout: 🇺🇸 Jon Fitch vs. 🇺🇸 Aaron Simpson
 * Middleweight bout: 🇧🇷 Rafael Natal vs. 🇺🇸 Andrew Craig
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇧🇷 Raphael Assunção vs. 🇯🇵 Issei Tamura
 * Light Heavyweight bout: 🇨🇦 Nick Penner vs. 🇺🇸 Tom DeBlass
 * Bantamweight bout: 🇺🇸 T.J. Dillashaw vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vaughan Lee
 * Lightweight bout: 🇧🇷 Rafael dos Anjos vs. Anthony Njokuani
 * Flyweight bout: 🇺🇸 Chris Cariaso vs. 🇺🇸 Josh Ferguson