If you’ve started to read this and are planning on watching tonight’ UFC 122 broadcast on Spike TV then stop now as we’ll be revealing spoilers for the tape-delayed event.
The Ultimate Fighting Championships second visit to Germany drew a total of 8,421 fans into the Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany on Saturday night. That number of spectators brought in a gate total of approx. $600,000 in revenue.
The UFC’s first visit was in June of 2009 when they visited the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. That event drew a gate of 12,854 fans for a gate revenue of $1.3 milllion.
UFC president Dana White also informed the gathered media that $60,000 “Fight Night” bonuses would be handed down to Karlos Vemola, Dennis Siver, Pascal Kraus and Mark Scanlon.
The “Knockout of the Night” went to Karlos Vemola who earned a first round TKO win over Seth Petruzelli. The Czech fighter waded into Petruzelli’s guard, oblivious of the submission attempts by “The Silverback” and simply pounded his opponent into submission forcing the referee to step and stop the fight at 3:46.
Winning the “Submission of the Night” was German fighter Dennis Siver who handed yet another defeat to a British fighter in Andre Winner. Siver would trade a few strikes with the Brit till a left hook dropped his opponent to the mat. The German looked to finish and was able to take Winner’s back, trapping his left arm with his leg, enabling him to lock in the rear-naked-choke to win at 3:37 of the first.
The “Fight of the Night” honor went to prelim fighters Pascal Kraus and Mark Scanlon. The two UFC newcomers were both entered the octagon with undefeated records. Both men would battle it out for three rounds, but it was Kraus who would carry most of the fight earning cheers from the crowd. The judges would award Kraus the unanimous decision.