UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller
UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller
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Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	January 20, 2012
Venue	Bridgestone Arena
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance	7,728
Total gate	$334,860
Event chronology

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller (also known as UFC on FX 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 20, 2012 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.^[2]

Background

The event was the second to be broadcast as part of a seven-year agreement between the UFC and Fox, and the inaugural event to air on FX.^[3]

The UFC's second announce team made their debut at this event, featuring former Bellator announcer Jon Anik on play-by-play and UFC lightweight Kenny Florian on color commentary. Anik and Florian had previously worked together as hosts of the ESPN2 series MMA Live.^[4]

A featherweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Robert Peralta was briefly linked to this event,^[5] but it was later confirmed that Oliveira would instead be facing Eric Wisely a week later at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis.

Rafaello Oliveira was expected to fight Reza Madadi at the event. However, after a hand injury, Oliveira pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Fabrício Camões.^[6] Madadi would later withdraw from the bout due to injury as well and was replaced by promotional newcomer Tommy Hayden.^[7]

Mike Brown was expected to face Vagner Rocha, but was forced out of the bout with an injury.^[8] Rocha will instead face Jonathan Brookins at UFC on Fuel TV 1.^[9]

Ken Stone was expected to fight Mike Easton at this event, but was forced from the bout due to injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Jared Papazian.^[10]

UFC newcomer Ryan Jimmo was expected to face Karlos Vemola at this event, but the bout was cancelled after Jimmo fell injured a week prior to the event.^[11]

This event featured the UFC debut of future UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

The preliminary card aired on Fuel TV.^[12]

Results

Main card (FX)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Jim Miller	def.	Melvin Guillard	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:04
Welterweight	Josh Neer	def.	Duane Ludwig	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:04
Bantamweight	Mike Easton	def.	Jared Papazian	Decision (majority) (29–28, 30–27, 29–29)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Pat Barry	def.	Christian Morecraft	KO (punches)	1	3:38
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV)
Middleweight	Jorge Rivera	def.	Eric Schafer	TKO (punches)	2	1:31
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov	def.	Kamal Shalorus	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:08
Welterweight	Charlie Brenneman	def.	Daniel Roberts	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Fabrício Camões	def.	Tommy Hayden	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:03
Featherweight	Daniel Pineda	def.	Pat Schilling	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:37
Bantamweight	Nick Denis	def.	Joseph Sandoval	KO (elbows)	1	0:22	^[a]