Author: MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff]

Earlier this week Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said Australia will become an annual host site for the promotion.

And following’s Saturday’s successful UFC 110 event and Australian debut, which drew a promotional non-U.S. record crowd of 17,831 attendees to Sydney’s Acer Arena, White said the roots are now in place for continental dominance.

With fans now promoting the UFC as much (if not more) than the promotion can do on its own, White expects not only a future event in Melbourne but a possible Australian version of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

With a dominating victory over what he called “probably the best heavyweight of all time,” UFC president Dana White has reiterated an earlier promise and said UFC 110 main-event winner Cain Velasquez is on standby for a title shot.

If the winner of next month’s UFC 111 interim-title fight between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin is injured or sidelined, Velasquez instead gets the title with champion Brock Lesnar.

“We’ll see what happens with Mir and Carwin – see who wins that – and if the guys come out unscathed, they’ll fight for the title,” White said after UFC 110 at Acer Arena in Sydney, New South Whales, Australia. “If not, then Cain Velasquez will get that slot.”

George Sotiropoulos, Joe Stevenson, Cain Velasquez and Chris Lytle each
earned $50,000 fight-night bonuses at Saturday’s “UFC 110: Nogueira vs.
Velasquez” event.

Sotiropoulos and Stevenson took home “Fight of the Night” honors, Velasquez
earned the “Knockout of the Night” award, and Lytle picked up the
“Submission of the Night” bonus at the Feb. 20 pay-per-view event.

UFC 110 took place at Acer Arena in Sydney and marked the UFC’s first-ever trip to Australia.

Be sure to join MMAjunkie.com after tonight’s UFC 110 event for a live stream of the
post-fight press conference. The presser begins at approximately 1 a.m. ET (10 p.m. PT).

The event takes place at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia., which also hosted tonight’s pay-per-view event.

The post-fight press conference is scheduled to include UFC president
Dana White, headliners Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez, and the rest of
the night’s main-card winners.

Welcome to MMAjunkie.com’s live coverage of tonight’s “UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez” event.

Tonight’s show takes place at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, and airs on pay-per-view with co-headliners of heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo Nogieira vs. Cain Velasquez and middleweights Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva.

Following along with our round-by-round updates and official results, which begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) for the preliminary card and 10 p.m. ET for the main card.

Welcome to MMAjunkie.com’s live coverage of tonight’s “UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez” event at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC 110 live results post, and then discuss the event in the comments section below.

We’ll provide live and official results from the night’s preliminary card at approximately 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) and round-by-round coverage of the night’s pay-per-view main card at 10 p.m. ET.