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UFC 94: Georges St-Pierre vs. BJ Penn 2 | ||||
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File:94poster.jpgThe poster for UFC 94: Georges St-Pierre vs. BJ Penn 2 | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | January 31, 2009 | |||
Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 94: Georges St-Pierre vs. BJ Penn 2 is a mixed martial arts event currently being held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 31, 2009.
The main event will feature the rematch of UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre against the UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn for the UFC Welterweight Championship. Also, the co-main event will feature a light heavyweight match between two undefeated fighters, Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva, who both own perfect 13-0 records.
Results
Main card
St-Pierre defeated Penn via KO (punch) at 0:01 of round 1
- Light Heavyweight bout: Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
- Machida defeated Silva via KO (punch) at 4:59 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones
- Jones defeated Bonnar via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
- Parisyan defeated Kim via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
- Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida
- Guida defeated Diaz via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Additional awards, $60,000 to each
Knockout of the night:
Submission of the night:
Fight of the night:
Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Akihiro Gono
- Fitch defeated Gono via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26).
- Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Manvel Gamburyan
- Tavares defeated Gamburyan via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight bout: John Howard vs. Chris Wilson
- Howard defeated Wilson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Jake O'Brien vs. Christian Wellisch
- O'Brien defeated Wellisch via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight bout: Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer
- Cramer defeated Arroyo via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Promotion
Spike aired the first of three countdown programs called UFC Primetime on January 14. The show scored 1.4 million viewers (880,000 viewers for the original show and 614,000 viewers for the repeat which aired directly after). The next two programs are planned to air on Wednesday January 21 and Wednesday January 28 respectively, leading up to the event. The show examines the final preparations of Penn and St-Pierre before their fight. Camera crews plan to spend 25 days with each fighter rather than the usual 3 days, and episodes will air shortly after they are filmed, with the goal of providing weekly updates on the fighters' current status.
After the first episode aired, BJ Penn voiced issues with the show regarding his portrayal.
Primetime episode 1: 880,000 viewers Episode 2: 825,000 viewers
PayPerView locations can be found here:
Note: TimeWarner Cable in southern Manhattan is having technical problems so there is no high-def signal on channel 350. Tune to channel 301 for a low-res picture.
References
- "Northern California's Sports Station KHTK - Dana White 10-14 Part 2". Sports1140.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- "Thiago Tavares back at UFC 94". Tatame.com. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- "GSP to defend welterweight title against The Prodigy". Tsn.ca. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- Holland, Jesse. "UFC Primetime scores a combined 1.4 million viewers". Mmamania.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- Inside UFC Primetime - Series premieres on Spike TV this Wednesday UFC.com (2009-1-11). Retrieved on 2009-1-13.
- Trouble in paradise? B.J. Penn cuts short "UFC Primetime" taping MMA Junkie (2009-01-21)
- PayPerView Locations for UFC94 MMAHotStuff.com (2009-01-26)
External Links
- PPV Page
- UFC 94 Video Interview GSP
- UFC 94 Video Interview BJ Penn
- UFC 94 Video Complete Weigh In
- UFC Primetime Video Episode 1
- UFC Primetime Video Episode 2
- UFC Primetime Video Episode 3