“UFC 101″ took place on Saturday August 8 from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dana White announced at the post-fight press conference that 17,411 fans attended for a record $3.55 million live gate.
In the night’s main event, BJ Penn solidified his stance as the lightweight champion by submitting Kenny Florian at 3:54 in the fourth round. Florian looked to implement a similar game plan as Penn’s previous adversary, Georges St. Pierre, however he wasn’t as successful.
The co-main event featured middleweight champion Anderson Silva fighting in the light heavyweight division for a second time. Forrest Griffin had no answers for Silva’s crisp and accurate strikes and was knocked out at 3:23 in the first round.
The full results of “UFC 101: Declaration” below:
MAIN CARD
• B.J. Penn def. Kenny Florian via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 4, 3:54 (to defend lightweight title)
• Anderson Silva def. Forrest Griffin via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:23
• Aaron Riley def. Shane Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Johnny Hendricks def. Amir Sadollah via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:29
• Ricardo Almeida def. Kendall Grove via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 20-27)
• Kurt Pellegrino def. Josh Neer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
• John Howard def. Tamdan McCrory via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Alessio Sakara def. Thales Leites via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
• Matthew Riddle def. Dan Cramer via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-26, 30-27)
• George Sotiropoulos def. George Roop via submission (kimura) – Round 2, 1:59
• Jesse Lennox def. Danillo Villefort via TKO (cut) – Round 3, 3:37
