User:Kevlar/2011 in UFC

Event Chronology

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Debutes in 2011
The following fighters had their first fight in the UFC in 2011.


 * Papy Abedi
 * Yuri Alcantara
 * José Aldo
 * Ricardo Almeida
 * Felipe Arantes
 * Raphael Assunção
 * Shamar Bailey
 * Antonio Banuelos
 * Joseph Benavidez
 * Lance Benoist
 * Tom Blackledge
 * Byron Bloodworth
 * Brian Bowles
 * Paul Bradley
 * Alex Caceres
 * Chris Cariaso
 * Francis Carmont
 * Danny Castillo
 * Donald Cerrone
 * John Cholish
 * Chris Cope
 * Dominick Cruz
 * Phil De Fries
 * Danny Downes
 * Reuben Duran
 * Mike Easton
 * Brian Ebersole
 * Johnny Eduardo
 * Justin Edwards
 * Cole Escovedo
 * Edward Faaloloto
 * Urijah Faber
 * Tony Ferguson
 * Edwin Figueroa
 * Willamy Freire
 * Riki Fukuda
 * Josh Grispi


 * Clay Harvison
 * James Head
 * Jake Hecht
 * Jimy Hettes
 * Benson Henderson
 * Dave Herman
 * Hatsu Hioki
 * Jeff Hougland
 * Yves Jabouin
 * Dustin Jacoby
 * Maciej Jewtuszko
 * Demetrious Johnson
 * Scott Jorgensen
 * Erik Koch
 * Ricardo Lamas
 * Cung Le
 * Vaughan Lee
 * Jorge Lopez
 * Matt Lucas
 * John Maguire
 * Ronny Markes
 * Michael McDonald
 * Ryan McGillivray
 * Antonio McKee
 * Chad Mendes
 * Che Mills
 * Stipe Miocic
 * Takeya Mizugaki
 * Stanislav Nedkov
 * Ramsey Nijem
 * Anthony Njokuani
 * Diego Nunes
 * Chuck O'Neil
 * John Olav Einemo
 * Alistair Overeem
 * Damacio Page


 * Bart Palaszewski
 * Robbie Peralta
 * Anthony Pettis
 * Costa Philippou
 * Brad Pickett
 * Dustin Poirier
 * Luis Ramos
 * Nick Ring
 * Francisco Rivera
 * Kenny Robertson
 * Vagner Rocha
 * Shane Roller
 * Aaron Rosa
 * Joseph Sandoval
 * Mackens Semerzier
 * Kamal Shalorus
 * Erick Silva
 * Alex Soto
 * Clifford Starks
 * Ken Stone
 * Mike Stumpf
 * Chan Sung Jung
 * Cub Swanson
 * Zhang Tiequan
 * Miguel Torres
 * Darren Uyenoyama
 * Charlie Valencia
 * Javier Vazquez
 * Donny Walker
 * Walel Watson
 * Chris Weidman
 * Eddie Wineland
 * Eddie Yagin
 * Rani Yahya
 * Norifumi Yamamoto
 * Jason Young

UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem
UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Friday December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background
The UFC returned to a 10 p.m. ET start with this event.

The winner of the main event was expected to face Junior dos Santos in a bout for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

UFC 141 was the last event to feature preliminary fights live on Spike TV.

T. J. Grant was originally scheduled to face Jacob Volkmann at this event but was forced to pull out due to an undisclosed injury, and was replaced by returning veteran Efrain Escudero.

Ramsey Nijem was scheduled to face Anthony Njokuani at the event but was forced to pull out due to an injury, and replaced by Danny Castillo.

Matthew Riddle was scheduled to face Luis Ramos, but the bout was cancelled only moments before the fight due to Riddle being ill.

Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.


 * Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs.  Donald Cerrone
 * Knockout of the Night: Johny Hendricks
 * Submission of the Night: Not awarded as no matches ended by submission.

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 and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.


 * Alistair Overeem: $385,714.28 (includes $121,428.57 win bonus) def. Brock Lesnar: $400,000
 * Nate Diaz: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus) def. Donald Cerrone: $30,000
 * Johny Hendricks: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus) def. Jon Fitch: $60,000
 * Alexander Gustafsson: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000
 * Jim Hettes: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Nam Phan: $8,000
 * Ross Pearson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Junior Assuncao: $8,000
 * Danny Castillo: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Njokuani: $12,000
 * Dong Hyun Kim: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus) def. Sean Pierson: $8,000
 * Jacob Volkmann: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Efrain Escudero: $10,000
 * Diego Nunes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Manny Gamburyan: $18,000