''UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II'' was a
mixed martial arts
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event held by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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on June 23, 2012 at
Mineirinho Arena in
Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Background
The finals in the featherweight and middleweight tournaments of ''
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil'' were held on this card.
was originally scheduled to compete in the Middleweight finals, but pulled out due to injury. He was replaced by semifinalist
Sérgio Moraes.
, a Middleweight for Team Wanderlei, was scheduled to fight Moraes, but was removed from the card when Moraes was enlisted to fill in for Sarafian.
UFC Officials have promised Forte a fight on a future UFC card.
This event also saw other significant changes to its original card. The expected rematch between
Anderson Silva and
Chael Sonnen was moved to
UFC 148 on July 7, 2012 in
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,
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and the expected co-feature of the Brazilian event, a rematch between
Vitor Belfort and
Wanderlei Silva was to headline the event.
On April 24, the changes regarding Silva/Sonnen were confirmed. Plans were then being made for Featherweight champion
José Aldo, who was scheduled to defend his title at
UFC 149, to headline this event. However, it was reported April 28, 2012, that Aldo would remain on the
UFC 149 card and defend his title against
Erik Koch.
On May 26,
Vitor Belfort was forced to pull out of the card after breaking his left hand while training. Silva's opponent was changed to
Rich Franklin in a 190 lb catchweight bout. Franklin and Silva faced each other previously in June 2009 at
UFC 99, where Franklin defeated Silva via unanimous decision in a bout that earned both participants ''Fight of the Night'' honors.
Due to the multitude of changes to the main card, the UFC offered a full refund for any ticket-holder no longer wanting to see the event live.
This is the first time in the promotion's history that a full refund for an event has been offered before the event took place, and the window for receiving the refund was only three days: 18 June 2012 to 20 June 2012.
Results
Bonus Awards
The following fighters received $65,000.
* Fight of the Night: Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin
* Knockout of the Night: Marcos Vinicius
* Submission of the Night: Rodrigo Damm
See also
*
List of UFC events
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2012 in UFC
References
External links
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