UFC 101

UFC 101 is an Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event. The event will be aired on pay-per-view on August 8, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. PST or 10:00 p.m. EST, from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The main bout features a light-heavyweight match between Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin.

• Lightweight Championship:
  • B.J. Penn defeats Kenny Florian by submission
• Light Heavyweight bout:
  • Anderson Silva defeated Forrest Griffin by TKO
• Welterweight bout:
  • Johny Hendricks defeated Amir Sadollah by TKO
• Middleweight bout:
  • Ricardo Almeida defeated Kendall Grove by unanimous decision
• Lightweight bout:
  • Kurt Pellegrino defeated Josh Neer via unanimous decision
• Lightweight bout:
  • Aaron Riley defeated Shane Nelson by unanimous decision
• Welterweight bout:
  • John Howard defeated Tamdan McCrory by split decision
• Middleweight bout:
  • Alessio Sakara defeated Thales Leites by split decision
• Welterweight bout:
  • Matt Riddle defeated Dan Cramer by unanimous decision
• Lightweight bout:
  • George Sotiropoulos defeated George Roop via submission
• Welterweight bout:
  • Jesse Lennox defeated Danillo Villefort by TKO

Close to the end of the light-heavyweight match between Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin. Silva caught Griffin with a shot to the face, knocking him down and out. Immediately after the bell was rung,

Griffin half ran, half staggered from the ring, followed by trainers. It was later released that he had suffered a dislocated jaw during the match.