UFC 112

UFC 112: Invincible
UFC 112: Invincible
	The poster for UFC 112: Invincible
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 10, 2010
Venue	Concert Arena, Yas Island
City	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Attendance	11,008
Total gate	$3,500,000
Buyrate	500,000
Event chronology

UFC 112: Invincible was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 10, 2010, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[3] Due to the time zone difference in Abu Dhabi, UFC 112 was shown live on pay-per-view in the United States at 1 pm ET (10 am PT), with a replay at the regular time of 10 pm ET (7 pm PT).

The event was the first held in the Middle East following the purchase of a 10 percent stake in the UFC parent company Zuffa by Abu Dhabi government-owned Flash Entertainment.^[1] It was also the first UFC event to be held outdoors in an open-air arena.^[4] The Concert Arena (at the Ferrari World theme park) was erected as a temporary venue for the event and was torn down the following week.

Background

Vitor Belfort was expected to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship; however, Belfort injured his shoulder during training and was unable to fight at the event.^[5] It was thought that Silva would instead take on Chael Sonnen, but he was unable to take the short notice fight due to lacerations obtained in a UFC 109 bout with Nate Marquardt. Silva ended up fighting Demian Maia.^[6]

A bout between Paul Taylor and John Gunderson was cancelled on the day of the fight because of health issues that Taylor faced after cutting weight.^[7]

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Anderson Silva (c)	def.	Demian Maia	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)	5	5:00	^[a]
Lightweight	Frankie Edgar	def.	B.J. Penn (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	^[b]
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	def.	Renzo Gracie	TKO (leg kicks and punches)	3	4:40
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos	def.	Terry Etim	Submission (armbar)	2	4:30
Middleweight	Mark Muñoz	def.	Kendall Grove	TKO (punches)	2	2:50
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight	Phil Davis	def.	Alexander Gustafsson	Submission (anaconda choke)	1	4:55
Welterweight	Rick Story	def.	Nick Osipczak	Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29)	3	5:00
Welterweight	DaMarques Johnson	def.	Brad Blackburn	TKO (body kick and punches)	3	2:08
Lightweight	Paul Kelly	def.	Matt Veach	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	3:41
Heavyweight	Jon Madsen	def.	Mostapha al-Turk	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00