UFC 112

UFC 112: Invincible was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 10, 2010, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Due to the time zone difference in Abu Dhabi, UFC 112 was shown live on pay-per-view in the United States at 1 pm ET (10 am PT), with a replay at the regular time of 10 pm ET (7 pm PT).

The event was the first held in the Middle East following the purchase of a 10 percent stake in the UFC parent company Zuffa by Abu Dhabi government-owned Flash Entertainment. It was also the first UFC event to be held outdoors in an open-air arena. The Concert Arena (at the Ferrari World theme park) was erected as a temporary venue for the event and was torn down the following week.

Background

Vitor Belfort was expected to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship; however, Belfort injured his shoulder during training and was unable to fight at the event. It was thought that Silva would instead take on Chael Sonnen, but he was unable to take the short notice fight due to lacerations obtained in a UFC 109 bout with Nate Marquardt. Silva ended up fighting Demian Maia.

A bout between Paul Taylor and John Gunderson was cancelled on the day of the fight because of health issues that Taylor faced after cutting weight.

Results

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Munoz
• Knockout of the Night: DaMarques Johnson
• Submission of the Night: Rafael dos Anjos

References

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2010 in UFC

1. List of UFC champions
2. List of UFC events
3. Alexander Gustafsson
4. B.J. Penn
5. Frankie Edgar
6. UFC 109
7. Demian Maia
8. UFC 251
9. Renzo Gracie
10. Anderson Silva
11. UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee
12. Phil Davis (fighter)
13. UFC 126
14. List of UFC records
15. Rafael dos Anjos
16. 2010 in UFC
17. Matt Hughes (fighter)
18. UFC 117
19. UFC 204
20. List of UFC bonus award recipients