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UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Lightweight Title - Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez - Henderson Dec
Heavyweight - Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier - Cormier TKO
Lightweight - Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson - Thomson Dec
Welterweight - Matt Brown vs. Jordan Mein - Mein TKO

Dana White on GSP earlier:

"I am literally going to call Georges St. Pierre today and see what he wants to do, i think if Jon Jones beats Chael Sonnen then we have to wait for the outcome of Anderson Silva and his fight against Chris Weidman.

"Maybe Georges wants to fight Anderson if he wins." If Georges says to me, 'I want to fight Anderson,' do you think I'm going to go, 'No you're not, you're fight Johny Hendricks!'"

"It would not vacate the 170-pound title if he lost that fight [to Anderson]," White said. "He could still go down and fight Hendricks for the Welterweight title."



Weidman could beat Silva for me and Sonnen could beat Bones... Interesting to see what happens.

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Lightweight Title - Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez - Henderson Dec
Heavyweight - Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier - Cormier TKO
Lightweight - Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson - Diaz Dec
Welterweight - Matt Brown vs. Jordan Mein - Brown Dec

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Lightweight Title - Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez - Henderson Decision
Heavyweight - Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier - Mir Submission
Lightweight - Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson - Diaz Decision
Welterweight - Matt Brown vs. Jordan Mein - Mein Decision

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Lightweight Title - Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez - Henderson DEC
Heavyweight - Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier - Cormier TKO
Lightweight - Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson - Diaz DEC
Welterweight - Matt Brown vs. Jordan Mein - Brown DEC

Think it will be a clear decision win for Bendo.

Brilliant from Matt Brown. One of the best 1st rounds I've seen. Tough lad, top fighter.

Melendez beats Henderson if there's a rematch for me. Thought he sneaked it last night as well. Wasn't sure how good he would be fighting the best in the UFC but he looked rock solid last night.

Just seen that either Grant or Maynard will fight Henderson next.

Cormier to drop down and fight the winner of Jones/Sonnen? Could he be the #1 contender at H and LH?

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses

Fight of the Night: Matt Brown vs Jordan Mein
Knockout of the Night: Josh Thomson and Yoel Romero
Submission of the Night: None awarded as no matches ended by submission

Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses or Pay-Per-View quotas.

Benson Henderson: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Gilbert Melendez: $175,000
Daniel Cormier: $126,000 (includes $63,000 win bonus) def. Frank Mir: $200,000
Josh Thomson: $95,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Nate Diaz: $15,000
Matt Brown: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Jordan Mein: $16,000

Good win from Matt Brown. I thought Nate Diaz was poor, too many fighters are figuring out his game now & he's got no plan B to fall back on. That could be it for Frank Mir in the UFC, he didn't show any desire to win at all. I know the bike crash set him back but he looks like the UFC equivalent of Joe Cole, all the talent but no product.

UFC Open-weight Predictions Grand Prix II table for the last 3 cards will be up after the event on Saturday.

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen Live on ESPN 3am prelims live at 1am Saturday/Sunday

Main card
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen
Middleweight Michael Bisping vs. Alan Belcher
Heavyweight Roy Nelson vs. Cheick Kongo
Light Heavyweight Phil Davis vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Pat Healy
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight Johnny Bedford vs. Bryan Caraway
Light Heavyweight Gian Villante vs. Ovince St. Preux
Women's Bantamweight Sara McMann vs. Sheila Gaff
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov vs. Yancy Medeiros
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Featherweight Leonard Garcia vs. Cody McKenzie
Welterweight Nick Catone vs. James Head
Featherweight Steven Siler vs. Kurt Holobaugh