UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer (also known as UFC Fight Night 15) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 17, 2008, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.^[1]

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	September 17, 2008
Venue	Omaha Civic Auditorium
City	Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance	9,103
Total gate	$700,000
Event chronology
UFC 88: Breakthrough UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben

Background

The event served as the lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir on Spike TV.

Jeremy Horn was originally scheduled to face Wilson Gouveia on this card, but was injured. He was replaced by Ryan Jensen.^[2]

Results

Main card (Spike TV)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Nate Diaz	def.	Josh Neer	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Clay Guida	def.	Mac Danzig	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Alan Belcher	def.	Ed Herman	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Eric Schafer	def.	Houston Alexander	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	4:53
Preliminary card
Middleweight	Alessio Sakara	def.	Joe Vedepo	KO (head kick)	1	1:27
Middleweight	Wilson Gouveia	def.	Ryan Jensen	Submission (armbar)	2	2:04
Lightweight	Joe Lauzon	def.	Kyle Bradley	TKO (punches)	2	1:34
Light Heavyweight	Jason Brilz	def.	Brad Morris	TKO (punches)	2	2:54
Middleweight	Mike Massenzio	def.	Drew McFedries	Submission (kimura)	1	1:28
Middleweight	Dan Miller	def.	Rob Kimmons	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:27

Bonus Awards

The following fighters received $30,000 bonuses.^[3]

• Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer
• Knockout of the Night: Alessio Sakara
• Submission of the Night: Wilson Gouveia

Purses

Below are the fighter base salaries for the event. The total base fighter payroll was $305,000.^[4]

• Nate Diaz — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
• Josh Neer — $9,000
• Clay Guida — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
• Mac Danzig — $15,000
• Alan Belcher — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
• Ed Herman — $16,000
• Eric Schafer — $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
• Houston Alexander — $13,000
• Alessio Sakara — $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 to win)
• Joe Vedepo — $3,000
• Wilson Gouveia — $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
• Ryan Jensen — $4,000
• Joe Lauzon — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
• Kyle Bradley — $4,000
• Jason Brilz — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
• Brad Morris — $4,000
• Mike Massenzio — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
• Drew McFedries — $16,000
• Dan Miller — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
• Rob Kimmons — $5,000

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2008 in UFC