UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Full Fight Card, Date & Details
UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch
Australia
Main Card • Final
United States
England
R2, 1:54
Germany
R3, 5:00
R3, 5:00
Fight of the Night
R1, 1:35
Submission of the Night
Prelims • Final
R3, 5:00
Sweden
R1, 4:27
New Zealand
R3, 5:00
Japan
Early Prelims • Final
R1, 2:45
China
R1, 0:48
R2, 1:41
Knockout of the Night
R3, 5:00
Poland
Official Event Results
$75k FOTN
Official Post-Fight Bonus Awards
$75,000 Post-Fight Bonus Recipients
Fight of the Night: Brian Ebersole and Chris Lytle each collected $75,000 for their back-and-forth welterweight scrap.
Knockout of the Night: Mark Hunt secured $75,000 for his walk-off second-round knockout punch against Chris Tuchscherer.
Submission of the Night: Kyle Noke earned $75,000 for his 95-second rear-naked choke submission over Chris Camozzi in front of his home crowd.
Reported Payouts & Disclosed Purses
Fighter Purses & Official Bonus Breakdown
| Fighter | Result | Base Purse | Win / Finish Bonus | Performance Bonus | Estimated Total |
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| DRAW | — | — | — | — | |
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| WIN | — | — | $75,000 | — | |
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*Purses for UFC 127 were not subject to public disclosure by athletic commissions in Sydney, Australia. Amounts shown reflect officially confirmed post-fight performance bonus awards ($75,000 each) distributed by the UFC.
Historic UFC Records Set
Promotional Records Established at UFC 127
UFC 127 sold out in just minutes after going on public sale, tying UFC 115 as the fastest sellout in UFC history at the time and establishing the all-time speed benchmark for Acer Arena.
With 18,186 fans generating a live gate of $3.5 million, UFC 127 set the record for the highest live gate revenue ever recorded by the promotion outside of North America up to that date.
Former K-1 World Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt recorded his first victory inside the Octagon with a thunderous walk-off knockout of Chris Tuchscherer in round 2, earning Knockout of the Night honors.
Tiequan Zhang locked in a tight guillotine choke to finish Jason Reinhardt in just 48 seconds, becoming the first Chinese-born fighter in history to record a victory in the UFC.
Veteran journeyman Brian Ebersole stepped up on short notice to defeat fan favorite Chris Lytle, landing his famous “cartwheel kick” and securing Fight of the Night honors.
The main event clash between perennial #1 contender Jon Fitch and former two-division champion B.J. Penn ended in a majority draw (28-29, 28-28, 28-28), one of the rarest stalemate outcomes between top-five welterweights.
Australian middleweight Kyle Noke brought the Sydney crowd to its feet by submitting Chris Camozzi via rear-naked choke in just 1:35 of round 1, earning Submission of the Night.
Dennis Siver scored two knockdowns to upset George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision, snapping Sotiropoulos’ seven-fight UFC winning streak in front of his home crowd.
Future light heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson silenced the home crowd by submitting local standout James Te Huna via rear-naked choke at 4:27 of the opening round.
Following an intensely personal pre-fight build-up and a point deduction in the first round for an illegal knee, Michael Bisping rallied to finish Jorge Rivera via TKO at 1:54 of round 2.
Sydney-based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu pioneer Anthony Perosh earned his first official UFC promotional victory by submitting Tom Blackledge with a first-round rear-naked choke in 2:45.
Surpassing the previous year’s UFC 110 attendance, UFC 127 established the all-time attendance record for a mixed martial arts event in Australia up to that point.
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