UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos (also known as UFC on Fox 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.Pugmire, Lance. "UFC's Fox TV debut features Cain Velasquez-Junior Dos Santos bout." LA Times. 09, 02, 2011: n. page. Web. 1 Dec. 2012. <https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2011-sep-02-la-sp-0903-ufc-20110903-story.html

Background This card marked the UFC's debut on the Fox Network. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta 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 vs. Henderson, Poirier vs. Garza, Swanson vs. Lamas, and Johnson vs. Harvison fights.

The winner of the Clay Guida/Benson Henderson fight determined who was next to get a title shot against Frankie Edgar (the reigning champion at the time), at UFC 144 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. The ratings peaked in the United States at 8.8 million viewers for the main event.

Results

Bonus awards The following fighters received $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. 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

See also List of UFC events

References

External links Official UFC past events page UFC events results at Sherdog.com