UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le

UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le (also known as UFC on Fuel TV 6) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 10, 2012, at the Macau, SAR, China.^[2] It was the first UFC event held in China.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le
The poster for UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 10, 2012
Venue	CotaiArena
City	Macau, SAR, China
Attendance	8,415[1]
Total gate	$1,300,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit

Background

As a result of the cancellation of UFC 151, bouts between Takeya Mizugaki vs. Jeff Hougland and John Lineker vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani were rescheduled for this event.^[9]

Marcelo Guimarães was expected to face Hyun Gyu Lim at the event; however, Guimarães was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by David Mitchell.^[10] Lim was then pulled from the bout by doctors and the fight was subsequently cancelled.^[11]

Kyung Ho Kang was expected to face Alex Caceres at this event; however, Kang was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Motonobu Tezuka.^[12]

Results

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Cung Le	def.	Rich Franklin	KO (punch)	1	2:17
Light Heavyweight	Thiago Silva	vs.	Stanislav Nedkov	NC (overturned)	3	1:45	[a]
Welterweight	Dong Hyun Kim	def.	Paulo Thiago	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Takanori Gomi	def.	Mac Danzig	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jon Tuck	def.	Zhang Tiequan	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Takeya Mizugaki	def.	Jeff Hougland	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight	Alex Caceres	def.	Motonobu Tezuka	Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Flyweight	John Lineker	def.	Yasuhiro Urushitani	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Riki Fukuda	def.	Tom DeBlass	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

1. Originally ruled a Submission (arm-triangle choke) victory for Silva, result was overturned due to testing positive for a banned substance.

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.^[13]

• Fight of the Night: Takanori Gomi vs. Mac Danzig
• Knockout of the Night: Cung Le
• Submission of the Night: Thiago Silva

See also

• List of UFC events
• 2012 in UFC