June 11th 2011
Three years ago today UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin was held at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Results
Junior Dos Santos defeats Shane Carwin via Unanimous Decision
Donald Cerrone defeats Vagner Rocha via Unanimous Decision
Dave Herman defeats Jon Olav Einemo via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
Mark Munoz defeats Demian Maia via Unanimous Decision
Kenny Florian defeats Diego Nunes via Unanimous Decision
Sam Stout defeats Yves Edwards via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Chris Weidman defeats Jesse Bongfeldt via Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke) Round 1
Krzysztof Soszynski def. Mike Massenzio via unanimous decision
Nick Ring def. James Head via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 3
Darren Elkins def. Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision
Dustin Poirier def. Jason Young via unanimous decision
Joey Beltran def. Aaron Rosa via technical knockout in round 3
Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.
Fight of the Night: Dave Herman vs. Jon Olav Einemo
Knockout of the Night: Sam Stout
Submission of the Night: Chris Weidman
Reported Payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Vancouver 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: $200,000 ($100,000 win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000
Kenny Florian: $130,000 ($65,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes: $12,000
Mark Muñoz: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Demian Maia: $43,000
Dave Herman: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Jon Olav Einemo: $15,000
Donald Cerrone: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Wagner Rocha: $6,000
Sam Stout: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus) def. Yves Edwards: $12,000
Chris Weidman: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jesse Bongfeldt: $6,000
Krzysztof Soszynski: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Mike Massenzio: $8,000
Nick Ring: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. James Head: $6,000
Dustin Poirier: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Jason Young: $6,000
Joey Beltran: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Aaron Rosa: $6,000
Darren Elkins: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Interesting Facts
Brock Lesnar was originally scheduled to face Junior dos Santos after their coaching stint on The Ultimate Fighter 13, but due to a recurring illness, Lesnar was replaced by Shane Carwin. Originally, a matchup between Carwin, and Jon Olav Einemo was scheduled for this event. Einemo remained on the card and faced Dave Herman, who was pulled from a matchup with Joey Beltran as a result. Beltran was matched up with Aaron Rosa.
Dos Santos dominated Carwin and defeated him via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26), relying predominantly on his boxing skills, but showed more variety in his game by landing a couple of kicks and completing two takedowns in the third round.
Court McGee was scheduled to fight Jesse Bongfeldt, but was forced to pull out due to a torn MCL while training and was replaced by Chris Weidman. Weidman defeated Bongfeldt via first round standing guillotine choke, earning Submission of the Night honours.
Rani Yahya was scheduled face Dustin Poirier at this event, but withdrew due to injury on 3 May 2011 and was replaced by UFC newcomer Jason Young.
Anthony Perosh was expected to face Krzysztof Soszynski at this event, but Perosh was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by Igor Pokrajac. However, Pokrajac was forced to pull out of the bout due to injuries just days before the event and was replaced by Mike Massenzio. The Soszynski/Pokrajac bout was later rescheduled for UFC 140, where Pokrajac won by knockout.
On 17 May a torn muscle forced Mac Danzig out of his bout with Donald Cerrone.[11] Promotional newcomer Vagner Rocha replaced Danzig.
UFC newcomer Dave Herman was originally slated to face Rob Broughton at this event, but Broughton was later replaced by Joey Beltran, who was later replaced with John Olav Einemo since Carwin replaced an injured Lesnar.
UFC 131 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV, and the remainder of the preliminary bouts streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
This event was commissioned by the Vancouver Athletic Commission which included Dr. Lawrence Yang.
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