''UFC 125: Resolution'' was a

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event held by the

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on January 1, 2011 at the

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Background

The planned rematch between UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen from their UFC 117 bout was at one point thought to take place at this event. On October 26, 2010,

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had to pull out of his fight with Roy Nelson due to a back injury that required surgery. Nelson was then pulled from the card altogether. On October 28, 2010, UFC president Dana White announced that

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(WEC) would merge with the UFC and that WEC Featherweight Champion José Aldo would be promoted to

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. Josh Grispi was pulled from a planned WEC 52 bout with Erik Koch to challenge Aldo for the

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title at this event. However, Aldo was later forced off the card with an injury. Grispi remained on the card and fought Dustin Poirier. A

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bout between Cole Miller and Matt Wiman, which was originally scheduled to take place at this event, was moved to UFC: Fight For The Troops 2. UFC 125 preliminary fights were shown live for the first time on

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in the

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. The preliminary fights were shown live in the

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, Rogers Sportsnet in

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and

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Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard *Knockout of the Night: Jeremy Stephens *Submission of the Night: Clay Guida

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. *Frankie Edgar: $102,000 ($51,000 win bonus) vs. Gray Maynard: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) ^ *Brian Stann: $122,000 ($21,000 win bonus) def. Chris Leben: $96,000 *Thiago Silva: $110,000 ($55,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Vera: $70,000 *Dong Hyun Kim: $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def. Nate Diaz: $63,000 *Clay Guida: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus) def. Takanori Gomi: $50,000 *Jeremy Stephens: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $31,000 *Dustin Poirier: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000 *Brad Tavares: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000 *Diego Nunes: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown: $23,000 *Daniel Roberts: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Greg Soto: $8,000 *Jacob Volkmann: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Antonio McKee: $15,000 ^''Although not reflected in the NSAC paperwork, both Edgar and Maynard received their win bonuses despite the draw.''

References

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