UFC 115 – Liddell vs. Franklin was a mixed martial arts event held on June 12, 2010 at General Motors Place (Rogers Arena) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The main event was tentatively set to be a third bout featuring Ultimate Fighter coaches and former UFC Light Heayvweight Champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. In March, rumours began to circulate that Rich Franklin would replace Ortiz as Liddell's opponent, after Ortiz had supposedly withdrawn from the fight. However, Dana White denied this via his Twitter account on March 13, 2010, noting that Liddell vs. Ortiz was still set to be the main event. Then, after the announcement, Ortiz had to withdraw from the match due to neck surgery.
Despite confirming Liddell/Ortiz 3 would in fact be the main event for the card, the main event was confirmed on April 12 as Liddell vs. Franklin.

UFC 115 – Liddell vs. Franklin results

Main card:

Rich Franklin defeats Chuck Liddell by TKO – Round 1
Mirko Cro Cop defeats Pat Barry by submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3
Martin Kampmann defeats Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision
Ben Rothwell defeats Gilbert Yvel via unanimous decision
Carlos Condit defeats Rory MacDonald by TKO – Round 3

Spike TV Prelims:

Evan Dunham defeats Tyson Griffin via split decision
Matt Wiman defeats Mac Danzig by submission (guillotine) – Round 1

Under card:

Mario Miranda defeats David Loiseau by TKO (strikes) Round 2
James Wilks defeats Peter Sobotta via unanimous decision
Claude Patrick defeats Ricardo Funch by submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2
Mike Pyle defeats Jesse Lennox by submission (triangle choke) – Round 3

Bonus awards

• Fight of the Night: Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald
• Knockout of the Night: Rich Franklin
• Submission of the Night: Mirko Filipovi?

UFC 103 Franklin Vs Belfort

UFC 103 Results

 - Vitor Belfort def. Rich Franklin via KO — 3:02 Round 1
 - Junior Dos Santos def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via verbal submission (strikes) — 2:00 Round 3
 - Paul Daley def. Martin Kampmann via TKO — 2:31 Round 1
 - Josh Koscheck def. Frank Trigg via TKO — 1:25 Round 1
 - Tyson Griffin def. Hermes Franca via KO — 3:26 Round 2
 - Efrain Escudero def. Cole Miller via TKO — 3:36 Round 1
 - Tomasz Drwal def. Drew McFedries via submission (rear naked choke) — 1:03 Round 2
 - Jim Miller def. Steve Lopez via TKO (shoulder injury) — 0:48 Round 2
 - Nick Lentz def. Rafaello Oliveira via unanimous decision — 29-28 (2x), 30-27
 - Rick Story def. Brian Foster via submission (arm triangle) — 1:09 Round 2
 - Eliot Marshall def. Jason Brilz via split decision — 30-27 (2x), 27-30
 - Vladimir Matyushenko def. Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision — all three judges scored the bout 30-27
 - Rafael dos Anjos def. Rob Emerson via unanimous decision — all three judges scored the bout 30-27

 
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