''UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2'' was a

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event held by the

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(UFC) on November 21, 2009 at the

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Background

As with

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and

UFC 104 ''UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Background As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card would ...

, a portion of the preliminary card aired live and commercial-free during an hour-long block on Spike.

Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz () is an American politican and retired mixed martial artist and Submission grappling, submission grappler. Ortiz is best known for his career with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC ...

was originally scheduled to fight

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; however, on October 5, 2009, the fight was cancelled as Coleman was suffering from a knee injury. UFC confirmed that

Forrest Griffin Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013 and is the Vice President of Athlete Development at the UFC Performan ...

would step in to face Ortiz. On October 26, UFC Heavyweight Champion

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pulled out of his fight against

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due to an illness that kept him from training. The UFC therefore had the Ortiz v. Griffin fight headline the UFC 106 card. Previously announced match-ups of

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vs.

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and

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vs.

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were moved to The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale and UFC 107 respectively.

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was originally scheduled to fight at UFC 106 but he was moved to UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz.

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was originally set to fight

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but Almeida was forced off the card with a knee injury. Fitch was moved to the UFC 107 card to fight

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. Dana White confirmed on November 19 that

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had pulled out of his fight against

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for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse including show and win. As a result, the fight between

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and

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was promoted to the main card. Parisyan was also cut from the promotion following this incident.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $70,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson *Knockout of the Night: Antônio Rogério Nogueira *Submission of the Night: Josh Koscheck

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the

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. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. *Forrest Griffin: $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000 *Josh Koscheck: $106,000 ($53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson: $17,000 *Paulo Thiago: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $6,000 *Antônio Rogério Nogueira: $100,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Luiz Cane: $19,000 *Amir Sadollah: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000 *Ben Saunders: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $27,000 *Kendall Grove: $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus) def. Jake Rosholt: $15,000 *Brian Foster: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson: $26,000 *Caol Uno: $20,000 vs. Fabricio Camoes: $10,000 ^ *George Sotiropoulos: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Dent: $8,000 ^ ''Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.''

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

Reported payout

See also

References