''UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2'' was a

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event held by the

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on December 11, 2010 at

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. The event was the fourth that the

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has hosted at the

following

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and

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and the fifth event held in

along with

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which was held in

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Background

A training injury forced

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out of his fight with

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on October 20, 2010. He was replaced by UFC newcomer Jesse Bongfeldt. On October 26, 2010,

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had to pull out of his fight with

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due to an injury. He was replaced by

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. UFC 124 featured live preliminary bouts streamed on UFC.com rather than Spike TV due to the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards being aired in the same time slot. UFC 124 marked the first – and only – time that the UFC let the fans vote online for the Fight of the Night.

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stated after that he would never do this again and said "The real fight of the night belonged to Matt Riddle and Sean Pierson".

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $100,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck *Knockout of the Night: Mac Danzig *Submission of the Night: Mark Bocek and Jim Miller (split, $50,000 each)

Background

Results

Bonus awards

References

See also