| UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 7, 2009 | |||
| Venue | USF Sun Dome[1] | |||
| City | Tampa, Florida[1] | |||
| Attendance | 7,596 | |||
| Total gate | $428,000 | |||
| Total purse | $304,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens (also known as UFC Fight Night 17) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 7, 2009.[3]
The main event was originally scheduled to be between Joe Lauzon and Hermes Franca. However, Franca suffered a torn ACL during training and could no longer participate in this event. He was replaced by Jeremy Stephens.[4]
Derek Downey replaced Amir Sadollah in a bout against Nick Catone. Sadollah pulled out after being sidelined with a broken clavicle.
Dan Miller replaced Alessio Sakara in a bout against Jake Rosholt. Sakara pulled out of the bout with a shoulder injury.
Matt Veach replaced George Sotiropoulos against Matt Grice. Sotiropoulos suffered a rib injury.
| Main card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Joe Lauzon | def. | Jeremy Stephens | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:43 | |
| Heavyweight | Cain Velasquez | def. | Denis Stojnić | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:34 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Neer | def. | Mac Danzig | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 3:36 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Johnson | def. | Luigi Fioravanti | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:39 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Kurt Pellegrino | def. | Rob Emerson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:14 | |
| Middleweight | Dan Miller | def. | Jake Rosholt | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:03 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Matt Veach | def. | Matt Grice | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:34 | |
| Lightweight | Gleison Tibau | def. | Rich Clementi | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:35 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Nick Catone | def. | Derek Downey | Submission (keylock) | 2 | 1:15 | |
| Welterweight | Matthew Riddle | def. | Steve Bruno | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $30,000 bonuses.[5]
