UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2012
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller (also known as UFC on FX 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 20, 2012 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]
| UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
The poster for UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 20, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Bridgestone Arena | |||
| City | Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Attendance | 7,728[1] | |||
| Total gate | $334,860[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
Background
The event was the second to be broadcast as part of a seven-year agreement between the UFC and Fox, and the inaugural event to air on FX.[3]
The UFC's second announce team made their debut at this event, featuring former Bellator announcer Jon Anik on play-by-play and UFC lightweight Kenny Florian on color commentary. Anik and Florian had previously worked together as hosts of the ESPN2 series MMA Live.[4]
A featherweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Robert Peralta was briefly linked to this event,[5] but it was later confirmed that Oliveira would instead be facing Eric Wisely a week later at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis.
Rafaello Oliveira was expected to fight Reza Madadi at the event. However, after a hand injury, Oliveira pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Fabrício Camões.[6] Madadi would later withdraw from the bout due to injury as well and was replaced by promotional newcomer Tommy Hayden.[7]
Mike Brown was expected to face Vagner Rocha, but was forced out of the bout with an injury.[8] Rocha will instead face Jonathan Brookins at UFC on Fuel TV 1.[9]
Ken Stone was expected to fight Mike Easton at this event, but was forced from the bout due to injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Jared Papazian.[10]
UFC newcomer Ryan Jimmo was expected to face Karlos Vemola at this event, but the bout was cancelled after Jimmo fell injured a week prior to the event.[11]
This event featured the UFC debut of future UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Results
| Main card (FX) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Jim Miller | def. | Melvin Guillard | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Neer | def. | Duane Ludwig | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Bantamweight | Mike Easton | def. | Jared Papazian | Decision (majority) (29–28, 30–27, 29–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Pat Barry | def. | Christian Morecraft | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:38 | |
| Preliminary Card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | Eric Schafer | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:31 | |
| Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov | def. | Kamal Shalorus | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:08 | |
| Welterweight | Charlie Brenneman | def. | Daniel Roberts | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Fabrício Camões | def. | Tommy Hayden | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Featherweight | Daniel Pineda | def. | Pat Schilling | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:37 | |
| Bantamweight | Nick Denis | def. | Joseph Sandoval | KO (elbows) | 1 | 0:22 | [a] |
- This bout aired on the broadcast following the Miller vs Guillard bout.
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $45,000 bonuses.[13]
- Fight of the Night: Pat Barry vs. Christian Morecraft
- Knockout of the Night: Nick Denis
- Submission of the Night: Jim Miller